National Futures and Financial Weekly

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

THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

Monday APRIL
14
Last Trading Day: Currency forwards, Eurodollar, Fed funds, lean hogs, LIBOR futures, lean hogs, LIBOR options on futures.
Tuesday 15 Commerce: Business sales and inventories.
Labor: CPI, real earnings.
Last Trading Day: CME GSCI futures and options on futures; CSCE white sugar futures.
Wednesday 16 Federal Reserve: Industrial production and capacity utilization.
Commerce: Housing starts.
Thursday 17 Commerce: International trade.
Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; MGE shrimp futures.
Friday 18 USDA: Cold storage, cattle on feed.
Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equity index options; CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-year T-notes, corn, DAP, oats, rice, soybean meal, soybean oil, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds, wheat options on futures, Brady bonds, Muni bonds options, NH3 futures; CME 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, wheat options on futures; MGE barley, shrimp, wheat options on futures; MIDAM corn, gold, soybean oil, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds, wheat options on futures; NYFE NYSE Composite index options on futures.

Monday APRIL
21
Last Trading Day: CBOT DAP futures; CME fluid milk futures; FINEX Emerging Markets Debt Index futures and options on futures.
Tuesday 22 Labor: Import/export price index.
Last Trading Day: CSCE butter, cheddar cheese milk, nonfat dry milk futures; NYMEX crude oil futures.
Wednesday 23 Last Trading Day: CME live cattle futures; MIDAM live cattle futures; NYMEX natural gas futures.
Thursday 24 USDA: Cotton consumption and stocks.
Last Trading Day: CME feeder cattle futures and options on futures, lumber options on futures; KCBT Western natural gas options on futures; NYMEX electricity options on futures, natural gas futures.
Friday 25 USDA: Livestock slaughter.
Last Trading Day: CBOT gold, silver futures; KCBT Western natural gas futures; MIDAM platinum futures; NYMEX Alberta/Permian Basin natural gas, copper, heating oil, unleaded gas options on futures, electricity, palladium, platinum futures.

Monday APRIL
28
Last Trading Day: MIDAM silver, gold, copper futures; NYMEX Alberta/Permian basin natural gas futures.
Tuesday 29 Commerce: Durable goods.
Wednesday 30 Commerce: GDP.
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; CSCE sugar #11 futures; NYMEX heating oil, propane, unleaded gas futures.
Thursday MAY
1
Commerce: Construction spending, personal income. NAPM: Surveys.
Friday 2 Labor: Leading indicators, employment.
USDA: Poultry slaughter.
Last Trading Day: CME live cattle, pork bellies options on futures, rolling spot options; CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, cocoa, coffee, milk, nonfat dry milk options on futures;

Monday MAY
5
Tuesday 6 Commerce: Factory orders.
Wednesday 7 Commerce: Consumer credit, wholesale trade, productivity and costs. Federal Reserve: Beige book.
Thursday 8
Friday 9 Last Trading Day: CME currencies cross rates futures on options; CSCE sugar #11 optios on futures; FINEX U.S. Dollar cross-rates, U.S. Dollar options on futures; NYCE FCOJ futures, potato options on futures; NYMEX crude oil, gold, platinum options on futures.

Monday MAY
12
USDA: Crop Production.
Tuesday 13 Commerce: Retail trade.
Last Trading Day: MIDAM soybean meal futures, soybean oil futures.
Wednesday 14 Commerce: Business sales and inventories.
Labor: PPI.
Last Trading Day: CSCE cocoa futures.
Thursday 15 Federal Reserve: Industrial production.
Labor: CPI, real earnings.
Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; CME GSCI futures, options on futures, lumber futures; TSE/TFE indexes futures and options.
Friday 16 USDA: Cattle on feed.
Commerce: Housing starts.
Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equite index options; CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-year T-notes options on futures, Brady bonds options, DAP options on futures, Muni bonds options, U.S. T-bonds options on futures; CME 13-week T-bills, Brady bonds, Eurodollar, Euromark, FT-SE 100 index, IPC index, NASDAQ 100 index, Nikkei 225 index, Russell 2000, S&P 400, 500 index options on futures, GSCI futures and options; KCBT Mini Value Line options on futures; MGE Shrimp futures and options on futures; MIDAM gold options on futures, U.S. T-bonds options on futures; TSE/TFE equities options.

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