National Futures and Financial Weekly


Copyright 1997 by Consensus, Inc.
August 22, 1997 * * 1737 McGee, Kansas City, Mo. 64108 U.S.A. * * Up Dated Daily

THE CONSENSUS® FUTURES AND FINANCIAL CALENDAR

August 25-29 September 1-5 September 08-12 September 15-19  Weekly Release

Monday August
25
Last Trading Day: KCBT Western natural gas options on futures; NYMEX natural gas futures, electricity options on futures.
Tuesday 26 Commerce: Durable goods, GDP.
Last Trading Day: CBOT silver, gold futures; CME pork bellies futures; KCBT Western natural gas futures; MIDAM platinum futures; NYMEX copper, unleaded gas, Alberta/Permian Basin natural gas, heating oil options on futures, electricity, platinum palladium futures.
Wednesday 27 Last Trading Day: MIDAM silver, gold futures; NYMEX gold, silver, copper, Alberta/Permian Basin natural gas futures.

Thursday 28 Last Trading Day: CME feeder cattle futures and options on futures.
Friday 29 Commerce: Home sales, personal income.
Last Trading Day: CBOT corn yield insurance, yield curve spread futures and options on futures, 30-day Fed funds futures; CME lumber futures, Brazilian Real futures and options on futures; NYMEX propane, heating oil, unleaded gas futures.

Monday September
1
Holiday Labor Day.
Tuesday 2 .
Wednesday 3 Commerce: Construction spending.
Thursday 4 USDA: Poultry slaughter.
Commerce: Factory orders.
Friday 5 Labor: Employment.
Last Trading Day: CME Canadian Dollar, 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 September
8
Last Trading Day: NYCE cotton futures.
Tuesday 9 Commerce: Wholesale trade.
Labor: Productivity and costs.
Wednesday 10 Last Trading Day: CME 13-wk T-bills futures; MIDAM U.S. T-bills futures; NYCE FCOJ, potato futures.
Thursday 11 Last Trading Day: CME 1-yr T-bills, Euroyen, Nikkei 225 Index futures, 1-yr T-bills options on futures.
Friday 12 USDA: Crop production.
Commerce: retail tradel
Labor: PPI.
Last Trading Day: CME fluid milk, FT-SE 100 Index, PCI Index, NASDAQ 100 Index, Russell 2000, S&P 400/500 index futures and options on futures; CSCE sugar #11 options on futures; MIDAM soybean meal, soybean oil futures; NYCE cotton, potato options on futures; NYMEX gold, platinum options on futures.

Monday September
15
Last Trading Day: CME currencies/cross rates options on futures, Eurodollar, Euromark, Libor futures and options on futures, currency forwards, Fed funds, lumber, rolling spot futures; CSCE cocoa, white sugar futures; FINEX U.S. Dollar cross-rates futures; MIDAM currencies futures.
Tuesday 16

Commerce: Business sales and inventories.

Federal Reserve Board: Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization.

Labor: CPI, real earnings.

Last Trading Day: CME Canadian Dollar, GSCI futures, GSCI options on futures.

Wednesday 17

Commerce: Housing starts, import/export price index.

Last Trading Day: CME Brady bonds futures and options on futures; FINEX U.S. Dollar Index futures; MGE Shrimp futures; NYMEX crude oil options on futures.

Thursday 18

Commerce: International Trade.

Last Trading Day: AMEX CBOE NYSE, PSE, PHLX stock index options; NH3 futures; CME FT-SE 100 Index, IPC Index, NASDAQ 100 Index, Russell 2000, S&P 400/500 Index futures and options on futures; CSCE Coffee futures; NYFE NYSE Composite Index, futures and options on futures, PSE Tech 100 Index futures.

Friday 19

USDA: Cold storage, cattle on feed.

Last Trading Day: AMEX, CBOE, NYSE, PSE, PHLX equity index options; CBOT 2-, 5-, 10-year T-notes, Brady Bonds, DAP, Muni bonds, soybean meal, soybean oil, U.S. T-bonds futures and options on futures, corn, oats, rice, soybeans, wheat futures; CME MMI futures and options on futures; KCBT Mini Value Line, wheat futures and options on futures; MGE Barley, wheat futures, shrimp options on futures; MIDAM 5-, 10-year T-notes, corn, oats, soybeans, U.S. T-bonds, wheat futures, gold, soybean oil, U.S. T- bonds options on futures; NYCE FCOJ options on futures; NYMEX Eurotop 100 Index futures and 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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