National Futures and Financial Weekly

Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.
July 04, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Up Dated Daily

THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

July 07-11 July 14-18 July 21-25 July 28 Aug 1 Weekly Release

Monday June
30
Commerce: Personal income, home sales.
USDA: Grain stocks, prospective plantings
Last Trading Day: CME July Brazilian real futures and options;
CBT June Fed funds and yield curve futures and options;
NYMEX July heating oil, gasoline and propane;
CSCE July sugar 11.
Tuesday July
01
Commerce: Construction spending, leading economic indicators.
NAPM: Surveys
Wednesday 02 USDA: Poultry slaughter.
Commerce: Factory orders.
Thursday 03 Labor: Employment.
Last Trading Day: CME currencies/cross rates, live cattle, pork
bellies options on futures;
CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, cocoa, coffee, milk, nonfat dry milk options on futures;
FINEX U.S. Dollar cross-rates, U.S. Dollar Index options on futures.
Friday 04 Holiday

Monday July
07
Federal Reserve: Consumer credit.

Tuesday 08 Federal Reserve: Consumer credit.
Wednesday 09 Commerce: Wholesale trade.
Last Trading Day: NYCE cotton futures.
Thursday 10
Friday 11 USDA:Crop production, world supply/demand. Labor: Producer price index. Last Trading Day: CME Brady bonds, Eurodollar, Euromark options on futures; CSCE sugar #121 options on futures; NYCE FCOJ, potato futures, potato options on futures; NYMEX gold, platinum options on futures.

Monday July
14
Last Trading Day: CME currency forwards, Eurodollar, Fed funds,
Libor futures, Libor options on futures.
Tuesday 15 Commerce: Retail trade.
Last Trading Day: CME lean hogs, lumber futures, lean hogs options on futures; MIDAM soybean meal, soybean oil futures.
Wednesday 16 Federal Reserve: Industrial production and capacity utilization.
USDA: Cattle on feed.
Commerce: Business sales and inventories.
Labor: CPI, real earnings.
Last Trading Day: CME GSCI futures and options on futures; CSCE cocoa futures.
Thursday 17 Commerce: Housing starts. Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE PSE, PHLX stock index options; NYMEX crude oil options on futures.
Friday 18 USDA: Cold storage, cattle on feed.
Commerce: International trade.
Labor: Import/export price index.
Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equity index options; CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-yr. T-notes, Brady bonds, DAP, Muni bonds, silver, soybean meal, soybean oil, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds options on futures, NH3F futures; CME fluid milk FT-SE 100 Index, IPC index, MMI, NASDAQ 100 index, Nikkei 225 index, Russell 2000, S&P 400/500 index options on futures, MMI futures; KCBT Mini Value Line options on futures; MGE shrimp futures and options on futures; MIDAM gold, soybean oil, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds options on futures; NYCE FCOJ options on futures; NYFE NYSE Composite index options on futures.

Monday July
21
Tuesday 22 Last Trading Day: CBOT corn, DAP, oats, rice, soybean meal, soybean oil, soybeans, wheat futures; CME fluid milk, KCBT wheat futures; MGE barley, wheat futures; MIDAM corn, oats, soybeans, wheat futures.
Wednesday 23 Last Trading Day: CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, milk, nonfat dry milk futures.
Thursday 24 Census Bureau: Factory fat/oilseed crush, Cotton consumption and stocks.
Last Trading Day: NYMEX natural gas options on futures.
Friday 25 Commerce: Durable goods orders.
USDA: Livestock slaughter.
NAR: Existing home sales.
Last Trading Day: KCBT Western natural gas options on futures; NYMEX electricity options on futures, natural gas futures.

Monday July
28
Last Trading Day: CBOT silver, gold futures; CME pork bellies futures; KCBT Western natural gas futures; MIDAM platinum futures; NYMEX copper, unleaded gas, Alberta/Permiam Basin natural gas, heating oil options on futures, electricity, platinum palladium futures.
Tuesday 29 Last Trading Day: MIDAM silver, gold futures; NYMEX gold, silver, copper, Alberta/Permian Basin natural gas options on futuures.
Wednesday 30 Commerce: New home sales.
Thursday 31 Commerce: Gross Domestic Product.
Last Trading Day: CBOT 30-day Fed funds, yield curve spread futures, yield curve spread options on futures; CME Brazilian Real futures and options on futures; NYMEX heating oil, propane, unleaded gas futures.
Friday August
01
Commerce: Factory orders, personal income.
Labor: Employment.
NAPM: Surveys.
Last Trading Day: CME live cattle, pork bellies options onfutures, rolling spot options; CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, cocoa, coffee, nonfat dry millk, sugar #11 options on futures.

Regularly scheduled weekly releases not included in calendar above:

Monday RELEASES Export inspections.
U.S. 3 & 6 month T-bill auction announcements.
Weekly state crop reports.
Coffee roastings.
Tuesday RELEASES Hog-corn/steer ratio.
API petroleum report.
Belly storage outside Chicago.
USDA weather and crops summary
CBT deliverable stocks.
LME metal stocks.
U.S. 3 & 6 month T-bill auction results.
Bahia cocoa.
Wednesday RELEASES EIA petroleum stocks and demand.
Thursday RELEASES FCOJ movement.
NOPA soybean crush.
U.S. money supply.
USDA livestock and meat summaries.
Labor Dept. jobless claims.
Friday RELEASES USDA export sales report.
LME metal stocks.

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