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  14. UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS          
  15.                                                  Market       Last              
  16.   Date        Time                    Release     Guess     Report              
  17.   Mar 1       9:00        Jan Personal Income     +0.4%      +1.0%              
  18.   Mar 1       9:00                    Jan PCE     +0.4%      +0.5%              
  19.   Mar 1       9:00  Jan Construction Spending     +0.5%       0.0%              
  20.   Mar 1       9:00                   Feb NAPM       N/A       58.0              
  21.   Mar 2       7:30     Jan Leading Indicators     -0/2%      +1.9%              
  22.   Mar 2       9:00         Jan New Home Sales      642k       656k              
  23.   Mar 2       1:45    Wk 2/27 Johnson Redbook       N/A      +4.9%              
  24.   Mar 3       9:00    Jan Housing Completions       N/A   1.184 ml              
  25.   Mar 4       9:00         Jan Factory Orders       N/A      +5.3%              
  26.   Mar 5       7:30     Feb Payroll Employment     +102k      +106k              
  27.   Mar 5       7:30 Feb Manufacturing Payrolls       N/A       +34k              
  28.   Mar 5       7:30      Feb Unemployment Rate       N/A       7.1%              
  29.   Mar 5       7:30    Feb Avg Hourly Earnings       N/A      +0.5%              
  30.   Mar 5       7:30       Feb Factory Workweek       N/A       41.4              
  31.   Mar 5       1:00        Jan Consumer Credit       N/A     +2.5bl              
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  35.  
  36. Last week's economic statistics
  37.                                                                                 
  38. Date       Time               Release             Guess      Last   As Reported 
  39.  Feb 22      1:00     Jan Treasury Statement      +27.7     -38.9    +29.8B     
  40.  Feb 23      9:00    Feb Consumer Confidence       76.3      76.7    68.5       
  41.  Feb 23      1:45    Wk 2/20 Johnson Redbook       N/A      +6.3%    +4.9%      
  42.  Feb 24      7:30          Jan Durable Goods      -3.0%     +9.6%R   -1.7%      
  43.  Feb 26      7:30         GDP Q4 Preliminary       4.5%     +3.8%    +4.8%      
  44.  Feb 26      7:30       GDP Q4 Prelim Deflat       1.7%     +1.7%    +2.0%      
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  46.                                                                                 
  47.                                                                                 
  48. Government Statistics          THE ECONOMY 1992         
  49.  
  50. REPORT*******         JAN           FEB    MAR      APR     MAY    JUNE    JULY 
  51. UNEMPLOYMENT%        7.1          7.3    7.3      7.2     7.5    7.8     7.7    
  52. NON-FARM JOBS 000s  -54.0        42     58       177     119    -63      171    
  53. PRODUCER INDEX CHG    0.0         0.2    0.2      0.2r    0.3R   0.2     0.0    
  54. C.P.I. CHANGE         0.1         0.3    0.5      0.2     0.1    0.3     0.1    
  55. LEADING INDEX CHG     1.1         0.7    0.3r     0.3     0.6   -0.3     0.1r   
  56. NAPM INDEX           48.8        53.4   54.8     52.2    55.7    52.3    53.0   
  57. INDU. PROD. INDEX   106.6       107.2  107.6    108.1   108.9   108.5    109.4  
  58. CAPACITY USE %       78.0        78.3   78.4    78.7     79.1    78.6     79.1  
  59. TRADE DEFICIT       $5.80 BLN   $3.29  $5.58    $7.06   $7.14   $6.73    $7.28  
  60. HOUSING STARTS/YR.  1.180 MLN   1.257   1.340   1.086   1.196  1.147    1.110   
  61. RETAIL SALES       $155.7 BLN   $158.1  $157.9 $158.4   $159.1 $158.7    $160.8 
  62. DURABLE ORDERS      $118.0r BLN $117.8 $120.2  $122.5   $119.8 $123.2    $119.9 
  63. SAVINGS RATE% *      4.4           4.9    5.3   5.5       5.3    5.0       4.8  
  64.   r = revised figure   = 3-month moving average                                 
  65.                                                                                 
  66. ******************************  QUARTERLIES  ********************* ************ 
  67.  ALL REVISED  2/26  1992 ANNUAL     IV    I 1993     II      III       IV       
  68. REAL GDP (1987 $)   $4.920      $4.838  $4.874   $4.892   $4.934    $4.991R     
  69. GDP CURRENT $       $5.946      $5.753  $5.840   $5.902   $5.979    $6.082R     
  70. % REAL GROWTH GDP    2.1           0.6    2.9     1.5       3.4       4.8R      
  71. GDP PRICE INDEX      3.0           2.4    3.6     2.9       2.1       2.9r      
  72.  Final Revision of 4th Qtr. 1992 GDP on March 26                                
  73.                                                                                 
  74.  
  75. THE ECONOMY  1992-1993         
  76.  
  77.  REPORT************     AUG         SEPT     OCT        NOV     DEC      JAN    
  78.  UNEMPLOYMENT%        7.6          7.5      7.4        7.3    7.3     7.1       
  79.  NON-FARM JOBS 000s  -109          12      74         75r     90     106        
  80.  PRODUCER INDEX CHG   0.1          0.2r    -0.1r      -0.1r   0.1r    0.2       
  81.  C.P.I. CHANGE        0.3          0.2      0.4        0.2    0.1     0.5       
  82.  LEADING INDEX CHG   -0.3         -0.1      0.5        0.7r   1.9               
  83.  NAPM INDEX           52.2        48.7     50.7       54.7    55.4    58.0      
  84.  INDUS. PROD.INDEX   109.1        108.9    109.7      110.3R 110.5   111.0      
  85.  CAPACITY USE %       78.8        78.6      79.0      79.3R   79.3    79.5      
  86.  TRADE DEFICIT       $9.00  bln   $8.58     $7.25r    $7.35r $6.95              
  87.  HOUSING STARTS/YR   1.233  mln   1.222    1.223      1.226r 1.285   1.192      
  88.  RETAIL SALES        $161.0 bln   $162.2    $165.6   $165.4R $166.8  $167.4     
  89.  DURABLES ORDERS     $119.4 bln  $119.8     $125.3   $123.3  $135.1R $132.8     
  90.  SAVINGS RATE*        4.6          4.6        4.4       4.5    3/1              
  91. ********************************QUARTERLIES************************************ 
  92.  (in billions of $)     1992    1991 IV   I 1993     II        III      IV      
  93. CORP.PROFITS AFTER TAX          $207.4   $229.7   $232.7  $222.2R               
  94. PRODUCTIVITY CHG 12 MO  2.8%     1.4%      2.7%    2.5%     2.9%R     3.1%      
  95. #EMPLOYMENT COST % CHG           4.4%      4.2%    3.7%     3.4%      3.5%      
  96. GROSS FEDERAL DEBT    FY1990     FY1991  FY1992  FY1993                         
  97. CUMULATIVE ESTIMATES   $3,206   $3,599   $4,002r $4,463                         
  98.  r = Revisions from last report. # = Private Industry, Previous 12 mos.         
  99.  * = 3-mo. Moving Avg.   t - date tentative, subject to change                  
  100.  
  101.  
  102. RESULTS OF U.S. 3-MONTH AND 6-MONTH BILL AUCTION     
  103.  
  104. 3-Month Bill:                                                                   
  105.  Range of accepted competitive bids:                                            
  106.                        Discount   Invest.                                       
  107.                            rate      rate    Price                              
  108.         Low                2.93      2.99   99.259                              
  109.         High               2.97      3.04   99.249                              
  110.         Average            2.97      3.04   99.249                              
  111.  Tenders at the high discount rate allotted.......   97 %                       
  112. 6-Month Bill:                                                                   
  113.  Range of accepted competitive bids:                                            
  114.                        Discount   Invest.                                       
  115.                            rate      rate    Price                              
  116.         Low                3.03      3.12   98.468                              
  117.         High               3.05      3.14   98.458                              
  118.         Average            3.05      3.14   98.458                              
  119.  Tenders at the high discount rate allotted.......   40 %                       
  120.                                                                                 
  121.  Millions of dollars:            Received Accepted                              
  122.   Competitive                       36676     7556                              
  123.   Noncompetitive                      931      931                              
  124.  Subtotal, public                   37607     8488                              
  125.   Federal Reserve                    2750     2750                              
  126.   Foreign official institutions       497      497                              
  127.  Totals........................     40854    11734                              
  128.  
  129.  
  130.  
  131. MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUND, CD AND LOAN REPORT 
  132.  
  133.  MONEY MKT FUNDS * CHG IN ASSETS       TOTAL                                    
  134. Week Ended  02/24                                                               
  135. RETAIL MONEY MARKET  +$1.68 Billion    $386.60 Billion                          
  136. INSTITUTIONAL        +$7.99 Billion    $213.58 Billion                          
  137. TOTAL MONEY MARKET                     $602.33 Billion                          
  138.                                                                                 
  139.      BANK AND S&L ACCOUNT RATES   #       MONEY MARKET  SIMPLE YIELDS  **       
  140. INSTRUMENT          02/23       02/16                  02/17-02/23  02/10-02/16 
  141. MONEY MARKET                               7 DAY          2.69%       2.71%     
  142. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS    2.66%       2.67%      30 DAY         2.72%       2.74%     
  143. SUPER NOW           1.96%       1.97%                                           
  144. 6 MONTH CD          2.96%       2.97%      AVG. MATURITY  61 DAYS    61 DAYS    
  145. 1 YEAR CD           3.23%       3.26%                                           
  146. 2 1/2 YEAR CD       3.95%       3.98%      * Investment Company Institute       
  147. 5 YEAR CD           5.20%       5.26%     ** Money Fund Report                  
  148.          LOAN RATES  #                     # Bank Rate Monitor                  
  149. 1 YEAR ARM          4.69%       4.72%                                           
  150. 15-YEAR FIXED                               U.S. MONEY SUPPLY (in billions)     
  151. RATE MORTGAGE       6.93%       7.02%     Wk. ended 02/15    02/08  change      
  152. 30-YEAR FIXED                             M1  $1,031.1  $1,030.1  +$ 1.0  +5.5% 
  153. RATE MORTGAGE       7.44%       7.56%     M2  $3,478.4  $3,478.9r -$ 0.5  -2.7% 
  154. 4-YEAR CAR LOAN     8.78%       8.80%     M3  $4,145.6  $4,134.2r +$11.4  -3.6% 
  155.                                         r: revised; Percentages are annual rates
  156.  
  157.  
  158.  
  159. Federal Reserve Interest Rate Report              
  160.                                 
  161.                                 Feb   Feb   Feb   Feb   2/16- 2/8-  Jan         
  162. Instruments                      16    17    18    19   2/19  2/12              
  163.                                                                                 
  164. Federal funds (effective)      3.59  3.09  2.98  2.86  3.06  2.92  3.02         
  165. Commercial paper                                                                
  166.     1-month                    3.18  3.18  3.14  3.12  3.16  3.14  3.21         
  167.     3-month                    3.20  3.20  3.16  3.15  3.18  3.18  3.25         
  168.     6-month                    3.28  3.28  3.23  3.24  3.26  3.27  3.35         
  169. Finance paper placed directly                                                   
  170.     1-month                    3.21  3.22  3.19  3.16  3.20  3.18  3.25         
  171.     3-month                    3.29  3.29  3.26  3.25  3.27  3.28  3.32         
  172.     6-month                    3.23  3.23  3.21  3.19  3.22  3.22  3.29         
  173. Bankers acceptances (top rated)                                                 
  174.     3-month                    3.07  3.06  3.03  3.05  3.05  3.06  3.14         
  175.     6-month                    3.17  3.15  3.11  3.11  3.14  3.17  3.23         
  176. CDs (secondary market)                                                          
  177.     1-month                    3.09  3.09  3.06  3.06  3.08  3.08  3.14         
  178.     3-month                    3.12  3.12  3.10  3.10  3.11  3.12  3.19         
  179.     6-month                    3.23  3.23  3.19  3.19  3.21  3.24  3.33         
  180. Eurodollar deposits (London)                                                    
  181.     1-month                    3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00  3.00  3.03  3.09         
  182.     3-month                    3.13  3.13  3.06  3.06  3.10  3.13  3.22         
  183.     6-month                    3.25  3.25  3.19  3.19  3.23  3.26  3.37         
  184.                                                                                 
  185.  
  186.  
  187. FEDERAL RESERVE INTEREST RATE REPORT        
  188.                                    Feb    Feb  Feb   Feb   2/16- 2/8-  Jan      
  189. Instruments                         16     17   18    19   2/19  2/12           
  190.     Treasury bills                                                              
  191.         Secondary market                                                        
  192.             3-month               2.93   2.91 2.89  2.93  2.92  2.93  3.00      
  193.             6-month               3.09   3.05 3.00  3.02  3.04  3.10  3.14      
  194.             1-year                3.30   3.25 3.17  3.17  3.22  3.32  3.35      
  195.     Treasury constant maturities                                                
  196.         1-year                    3.44   3.39 3.30  3.30  3.36  3.45  3.50      
  197.         2-year                    4.14   4.06 3.95  3.99  4.04  4.21  4.39      
  198.         3-year                    4.64   4.54 4.43  4.44  4.51  4.71  4.93      
  199.         5-year                    5.52   5.43 5.29  5.30  5.39  5.56  5.83      
  200.         7-year                    5.98   5.90 5.75  5.76  5.85  6.00  6.26      
  201.        10-year                    6.34   6.28 6.17  6.15  6.24  6.38  6.60      
  202.        30-year                    7.14   7.11 7.02  7.01  7.07  7.18  7.34      
  203.     Composite                                                                   
  204.         Over 10 years (long-term) 6.98   6.94 6.84  6.83  6.90  6.97  7.17      
  205. Corporate bonds                                                                 
  206.     Moody's seasoned                                                            
  207.         AAA                       7.73   7.71 7.69  7.64  7.69  7.75  7.91      
  208.         BAA                       8.44   8.41 8.32  8.31  8.37  8.49  8.67      
  209.     A-utility                                       7.73  7.73  7.85  8.13      
  210. State & local bonds                           5.85        5.85  5.97  6.16      
  211. Conventional mortgages                              7.65  7.65  7.75  8.02      
  212.  
  213.  
  214. WEEKLY PETROLEUM REPORT     
  215.  
  216. REPORTED BY THE AMERICAN          Week      Week     Weekly   Last    Yearly    
  217.    PETROLEUM INSTITUTE            ended     ended    Change   Year    Change    
  218.                                    02/18    02/11                               
  219.                                                                                 
  220.    U.S. Refinery                                                                
  221.       Operation Percentage           86.9%   86.0%              80.1%           
  222.    Gasoline Inventories             240.4   236.7   + 1.6%     230.8  + 4.2%    
  223.    Gasoline Production#               7.1     7.2   - 1.4%       6.8  + 4.4%    
  224.    Gasoline Imports*                429.0   273.0   +57.1%     345.0  +24.3%    
  225.                                                                                 
  226.    Inventories of Distillate                                                    
  227.       for Diesel and Home Heating   118.3   123.3   - 4.1%     113.2  + 4.5%    
  228.    Distillate Imports*              185.0   298.0   -37.9%     138.0  +34.1%    
  229.    Distillate Production#             2.8     2.8    unch.       2.7  + 3.7%    
  230.                                                                                 
  231.    Crude Oil Imports#                 5.7     6.6   -13.6%       4.9  +16.3%    
  232.    Crude Oil Inventories            329.0   338.1   - 2.7%     334.2  - 1.6%    
  233.    Refined Products Imports#          2.1     2.0   + 5.0%       1.4  +50.0%    
  234.      * THOUSANDS OF BARRELS A DAY.    # MILLIONS OF BARRELS A DAY.              
  235.        ALL OTHERS ARE IN MILLIONS OF BARRELS.                                   
  236.                                                                                 
  237.  
  238.  
  239. ==================================================
  240. Look for these Regularly Scheduled Weekly Reports:
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  242.  
  243. ------Monday-----
  244. Coffee roastings
  245. U.S. Crop progress (seasonal)
  246. U.S. export inspections
  247. U.S. T-bill auction results
  248. LME warehouse stocks
  249.  
  250. -----Tuesday----
  251. API petrolleum report
  252. CFTC deliverable stocks
  253. Hog/Corn, Steer/Corn ratios
  254. Cocoa sales
  255. U.S. crop, weather report
  256. COMEX market report
  257. Pork belly movement
  258. Treasury auction announcement
  259.  
  260. ----Wednesday----
  261. DOE petroleum stocks
  262. Random Lengths report
  263. U.S. actual livestock slaughter
  264.  
  265. ----Thursday----
  266. FCOJ movement
  267. NOPA soybean crush
  268. USDA cattle summary
  269. USDA export sales
  270. U.S. jobless claims
  271.  
  272. ----Friday----
  273. USDA feeder cattle report
  274. USDA livestock summary
  275. Random Lengths report
  276. USDA weekly carlot meat review
  277.  
  278.  
  279. ==================================================
  280. List of U.S. FUTURES Contracts Expiring this week:
  281. ==================================================
  282.  
  283. ----------------------
  284. LTD = Last Trading Day
  285. ----------------------
  286.  
  287. MON-March 01 LTD:  
  288.              None in USA
  289.  
  290. TUE-March 02 LTD:
  291.              None in USA
  292.  
  293. WED-March 03 LTD: 
  294.              CME T-bills futures; MidAm T-bills futures; NYFE CRB index
  295.              futures, options-on-futures.
  296.  
  297. THURS-March 04 LTD:
  298.                None in USA
  299.  
  300. FRI-March 05 LTD:  
  301.              CME GSCI options-on-futures, cross rates options-on-futures;
  302.              NYCE Apr. FCOJ options-on-futures.
  303.  
  304.  
  305.  
  306. List of Exchanges
  307. -----------------
  308. CBOT    Chicago Board of Trade
  309. CBOE    Chicago Board of Exchange
  310. CSCE    Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange
  311. CME     Chicago Mercantile Exchange
  312. COMEX   Commodity Exchange,Inc
  313. FINEX   Financial Instrument Exchange
  314. KCBT    Kansas City Board of Trade
  315. MGE     Minneapolis Grain Exchange
  316. MA      MidAmerica Commodity Exchange
  317. NYCE    New York Cotton Exchange
  318. NYMEX   New York Mercantile Exchange
  319.  
  320. For a list of traded commodities and their abbreviations please
  321. goto the SISCO Library to view the CONTRACT LISTING file named 
  322. SYMBOL.LST.
  323.  
  324. Type /GO SISCO at the prompt and select file library.
  325.  
  326.  
  327. Type /GO SISCO to browse our BBS and Library:
  328.  
  329. Be sure to look at the Daily Market Summary (MKTNEWS.TXT) which contains:
  330.          
  331.          (MAIN MENU select:  <2S>   SISCO MARKET REPORT)
  332.  
  333.        1. News of the Day
  334.        2. Reports released
  335.        3. Currency Roundup
  336.        4. Gold Roundup
  337.        5. Energy Roundup
  338.        6. OEX closing prices
  339.        7. Closing Futures prices
  340.        8. Futures Volume and Open Interest
  341.        9. Treasury Report and auction results, and yield curve
  342.       10. Closing DOW and other indicators
  343.       11. Hourly DOW
  344.       12. Earnings Reports
  345.       13. Most Actively Traded and Largest % Gainers
  346.       14. Weekly releases: Money supply, Employment data, and API report
  347.  
  348.  
  349. B. The previous week's EARNINGS REPORTs:   EARNmmdd.TXT
  350.                         (mmdd= mm; month   dd; day)
  351.  
  352.  
  353.       The information selected and edited is through 
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  364.  
  365. New Hardware for sale:
  366.  
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  368.  
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  371.          (MAIN MENU select:  <2S>   SISCO DAILY MARKET SUMMARY )
  372.  
  373.