National Futures and Financial Weekly


Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.

October 24, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Up Dated Daily


THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

October 27 - 31 | November 3 - 7 | November 10 - 14 | November 17- 21 | Weekly Release

Monday 27 Last Trading Day: NYMEX November electricity options, natural gas futures; KCBT November Western natural gas options on futures.
Tuesday 28 Labor: Employment Cost Index.

Conference Board: Consumer Confidence Survey.

Last Trading Day: NYMEX October platinum and palladium, November electricity and November options on heating oil, gasoline and natural gas; CBT October gold and silver; MIDAM October platinum; COMEX November copper options.

Wednesday 29 Commerce: Durable goods.

Federal Reserve: Beige Book.

Last Trading Day: NYMEX October copper, silver and gold futures, November Alberta/Permian Basin natural gas futures; MIDAM October gold and silver futures.

Thursday 30 Commerce: New Home Sales.

Last Trading Day: CME feeder cattle futures, options; KCBT November natural gas futures.

Friday 31 Commerce: Gross Domestic Product.

Last Trading Day: CBOT November corn yield insurance futures and options, 30-day Fed funds futures, yield curve spread futures and options; CME November lumber options, Brazilian Real futures and options; NYMEX November heating oil, propane, unleaded gasoline futures.

Monday November
3
Commerce: Construction Spending, Personal Income.

NAPM: Surveys.

Tuesday 4
Wednesday 5 Last Trading Day: NYCE cotton futures.
Thursday 6 Commerce: Factory Orders.
Friday 7 Commerce: Wholesale Trade.

Federal Reserve: Consumer Credit.

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 index and cross rates options on futures; NYCE cotton options on futures, FCOJ, potato futures.

Monday November
10
Labor: Productivity & Costs.

USDA: Crop Production.

Tuesday 11
Wednesday 12
Thursday 13
Friday 14 Commerce: Retail Trade.

Labor: PPI.

USDA: Cattle on Feed.

Last Trading Day: CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-year T-notes, Brady bonds, corn, DAP, Muni bonds, oats, silver, soybean meal, soybean oil, U.S. T-bonds, wheat options on futures; CME Brady bonds, Eurodollar, euromark, fluid milk options on futures, fluid milk and lumber futures; CSCE sugar #11 options on futures; MGE barley, shrimp, and wheat options on futures, shrimp futures; MICAM corn, gold, soybean oil, U.. T-bonds, wheat; NYCE potato options on futures; NYFE CRB Index options on futures; NYMEX crude oil, gold, platinum options on futures.

Monday November
17
Federal Reserve: Industrial Production And Capacity Utilization.

Last Trading Day: CME currency forwards, Eurodollar, Fed funds, GSCI, LIBOR futures, GSCI, LIBOR options on futures; CSCE white sugar futures.

Tuesday 18 Commerce: Business Sales and Inventories.

Labor: CPI, Real Earnings.

Last Trading Day: CBOT DAP, NH3, rice, soybeans futures; MIDAM soybeans futures.

Wednesday 19 Commerce: Housing Starts.

Labor: Import/Export Price Index.

Last Trading Day: CSCE butter, cheddar cheese, milk, nonfat dry milk futures.

Thursday 20 Census Bureau: Cotton Consumption and Stocks.

Commerce: International Trade.

Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; CME feeder cattle futures and options on futures; KCBT Western natural gas options on futures; NYMEX crude oil futures, Eurotop 100 Index, natural gas options on futures.

Friday 21 USDA: Livestock Slaughter, Cold Storage.

Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equity index options; CME 13-wk. T-bills; FT-SE 100 Index, IPC Index, MMI, Nasdaq 100 Index, Nikkei 225 Index, Russell 2000 Index, S&P 400/500 Index options on futures, MMI futures; KCBT Mini Value Line options on futures, Western natural gas futures; MIDAM platinum futures; NYCE FCOJ options on futures; NYFE NYSE Composite Index options on futures; NYMEX copper, electricity options on futures, natural gas 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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