News events for the next business week.

["James \"Skip\" Semmons" <jsemmons@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 CENTRAL
  TIME      NEWS RELEASES AND REPORTS
---------   -------------------------
*Monday* March 30 Reports
 9:00 a.m.  - New Home Sales (February)
              Avg guess:  860,000

Last Trading Day for:
KCBT Western natural gas futures
HKFE Hang Seng Red Chip Index futures, options, Hang Seng Index
 futures, options, stock futures
IPE April natural gas futures
MONEP short-term equity options
SEHK stock futures
SIMEX April gold futures, MSCI Taiwan Index futures, options on
 futures


*Tuesday* March 31 Reports
 7:30 a.m.  - USDA Grain Stocks (quarterly)
            - USDA Prospective Plantings (annual)
 9:00 a.m.  - Chicago Purch. Manuf. Index (March)
              Avg guess:  56.8%
            - Consumer Confidence (March)
              Avg guess:  137.2
 4:00 p.m.  - API Oil Stocks (week ended 03/27)

Last Trading Day for:
CBOT 30-day Fed funds futures
CME April Brazilian real futures, options on futures
NYMEX April heating oil futures, April propane futures, April
 Gulf coast unleaded gas futures
BCE grains futures, livestock futures
BM&F 1-day deposits futures, C-, Ei-bonds futures, FRB futures,
 dollar futures, gold futures, options, IDI Index options,
 crystal sugar futures, live cattle futures, cotton futures,
 soybeans futures, corn futures
KANEX May raw sugar futures
LIFFE cocoa futures, coffee futures, Biffex futures, options
 on futures
MATIF Cac 40 Index futures, May white sugar options on futures
MONEP short-term Cac 40 Index options, long-term Cac 40 Index
 options
SCE April rubber futures, Robusta coffee futures
SIMEX April fuel oil futures, April JGB options on futures
TGE May raw sugar futures
TSE April JGB futures


*Wednesday* April 1 Reports
 9:00 a.m.  - NAPM Survey (March)
              Avg guess:  53.0%
            - Construction Spending (February)
              Avg guess:  0.5%
            - Leading Indicators (February)
              Avg guess:  0.2%

Last Trading Day for:
BM&F 30-day deposits futures, 1-day deposits options on futures
IPE gas oil options on futures


*Thursday* April 2 Reports
 7:30 a.m.  - Jobless Claims (week ended 03/28)
              Avg guess:  310,000
 9:00 a.m.  - Factory Orders (February)
              Avg guess:  0.3%
 3:30 p.m.  - Money Supply  - M2 (week ended 03/23)
              Avg guess:  *

Last Trading Day for:
CME March BFP milk futures, options on futures, March cheddar
 cheese futures, options on futures
CSCE March BFP milk futures, options on futures


*Friday* April 3 Reports
 7:30 a.m.  - Non-farm Payrolls (March)
              Avg guess:  235,000
            - Unemployment Rate (March)
              Avg guess:  4.6%
 9:00 a.m.  - Housing Completions (March)
              Avg guess:  1.40 million

Last Trading Day for:
CME South African rand options on futures, live cattle options
 on futures, currencies options on futures
CSCE May cocoa options on futures, May coffee options on
 futures, May cheddar cheese options on futures, May nonfat dry
 milk options on futures, May milk options on futures, May
 butter options on futures
FINEX Dollar Index options, cross rates/currencies options on
 futures
NYMEX May platinum options on futures
BM&F Arabica coffee options on futures

* Not yet available



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