National Futures and Financial Weekly


Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.

October 03, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Up Dated Daily


THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

October 06 - 10 | October 13 - 17 | October 20 - 24 | October 27 - 31 |   Weekly Release

Monday October
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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.

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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.

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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