National Futures and Financial Weekly


Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.

September 26, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Up Dated Daily


THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

September 29 - Oct 3 | October 06 - 10 | October 13 - 17 | October 20 - 24 |  Weekly Release

Monday September
29
Commerce: Personal income and outlays.
Tuesday 30 Commerce: Home sales.

USDA: Grain stocks.

Labor: Unemployment.

Last Trading Day: CBOT corn yield insurange, yield curve spread futures and options on futures, 30- day Fed funds futures; CME Brazilian Real futures and options on futures; CSCE sugar #11 futures; NYMEX propane, heating oil, unleaded gas futures.

Wednesday OCT–1–OCT Commerce: Construction spending.

NAPM: Surveys.

Thursday 2 Commerce: Factory orders.
Friday 3 USDA: Poultry slaughter.

Labor: Employment.

Last Trading Day: CME currencies/cross rates, live cattle options on futures, rolling spot options; 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.

Monday October
6
Tuesday 7 Federal Reserve: Consumer credit.
Wednesday 8 Commerce: Wholesale trade.

Last Trading Day: CSCE sugar #14 futures.

Thursday 9 Last Trading Day: NYCE cotton futures
Friday 10 USDA: Crop production.

Labor: PPI.

Last Trading Day: CME Brady bonds, Eurodollar, Euromarkoptions on futures; CSCE sugar #11 options on futures; NYCE potato options on futures; NYMEX gold, platinum options on futures.

Monday October
13
Last Trading Day: CME currency forwards, Eurodollar, Fed funds futures, Libor futures and options on futures.
Tuesday 14 Last Trading Day: CME lean hogs futures and options on futures.
Wednesday 15 Commerce: Retail trade.

Last Trading Day: CME GSCI futures and options on futures; MIDAM soybean meal, soybean oil.

Thursday 16 Commerce: Business sales and inventories.

Labor: CPI, real earnings.

Last Trading Day: AMEX CBOE NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; NYMEX crude oil, European 100 index options on futures.

Friday 17 Commerce: Housing starts.

Federal Reserve: Industrial production and capacity utilization.

Labor: Import/export price index.

USDA: Cattle on feed.

Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equity index options; CME FT-SE 100 Index, IPC Index, MMI, NASDAQ 225 Index, Russell 2000 Index, S&P 400/500 Index options on futures, MMI futures; KCBT Mini Value Line options on futures; NYCE FCOJ options on futures.

Monday October
20
USDA: Cold Storage.

Last Trading Day: CBOT NH3 futures; MGE shrimp futures.

Tuesday 21 Commerce: International Trade.

Last Trading Day: NYMEX crude oil futures.

Wednesday 22 Last Trading Day: CBOT DAP, soybean meal, soybean oil futures.
Thursday 23 Census Bureau: Cotton Consumption and Stocks, Oilseed Crushings. Last Trading Day: CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, milk, nonfat dry milk futures.
Friday 24 USDA: Livestock Slaughter, Cotton Ginnings.

Last Trading Day: CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-year T-notes, Brady bonds, DAP, Muni bonds, rice, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds options on futures; CME live cattle futures; MGE shrimp options on futures; MIDAM gold, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds options on futures, live cattle futures; NYMEX natural gas 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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