National Futures and Financial Weekly


Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.

December 19, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Full Edition


THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

December 22-26 | December 29 Jan 2| January 5 - 9 | January 12-16 | Weekly Release

Monday December

22

Last Trading Day: CSCE milk, non-fat dry milk, butter, cheddar cheese futures.
Tuesday 23 Commerce: Gross domestic product, Durable Goods.

USDA: Cotton ginnings.

Census Bureau: Oilseed crushings; cotton consumption and stocks.

Last Trading Day: CME live cattle futures; MidAm live cattle futures; NYMEX natural gas options on futures.

Wednesday 24 Commerce: Personal Income.

USDA: Livestock slaughter.

Last Trading Day: NYMEX January electricity options, copper options on futures, natural gas futures.

Thursday 25 Holiday
Friday 26 Last Trading Day: CBOT gold, silver futures; CME December week-4 currency options, January lumber and strand board options; NYMEX December platinum, palladium, January electricity and options on heating oil, gasoline and natural gas; COMEX January copper options; PHLX December month-end options; MidAm platinum futures.

Monday December
29
USDA: Hogs and Pigs.

Last Trading Day: CBOT 2-yr. T-notes futures; MIDAM silver, gold futures; NYMEX gold, silver copper, Alberta/Permian Basin natural gas futures.

Tuesday 30
Wednesday 31 Holiday

Last Trading Day: CBOT 30-day Fed funds, yield curve spread futures, yield curve spread options on futures; NYMEX heating oil, propane, unleaded gas futures.

Thursday January

1

Holiday
Friday 2 Last Trading Day: CME live cattle options on futures, rolling spot options; CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, cocoa, milk, coffee, nonfat dry milk options on futures.

Monday January

5

Last Trading Day: CSCE BFP milk futures.
Tuesday 6
Wednesday 7
Thursday 8 Last Trading Day: NYCE cotton futures.
Friday 9 Last Trading Day: CME currencies/cross rates, South African Rand options on futures; CSCE sugar #11 options on futures; NYCE potato options on futures; NYMEX platinum options on futures.

Monday January
12
Last Trading Day: NYCE FCOJ, potato futures.
Tuesday 13 USDA: Crop Production.
Wednesday 14
Thursday 15 Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; CME lean hogs option, lumber futures; CSCE BFP milk options on futures; NYMEX crude oil options.
Friday 16 Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equity index options; CME 13-wk T-bills, 91-day Mexican T-bills, E-Mini S&P 500 index, Eurodollar, GSCI, IPC Index, Libor, Mid-curve Euro, MMI, NASDAQ 100 index, Nikkei 225 index, Russell 2000 index, S&P 400/500 index options on futures, GSCI, MMI futures; KCBT Mini Value Line options on futures; MGE shrimp futures; NYCE FCOJ 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.
Consensus National Futures and Financial On Line Index

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