#Commodity Reports and #Futures Calendar

Thu	US	0830 ET	Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +11,000 to 245,000, previous -12,000 to 234,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -23,000 to 2.055 million, previous +15,000 to 2.078 million.
		0830 ET	Jan housing starts expected unch at 1.226 million, Dec +11.3% to 1.226 million. Jan building permits expected +0.2% to 1.230 million, Dec +1.3% to 1.228 million.
		0830 ET	Feb Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey expected -5.6 to 18.0, Jan +3.9 to 23.6.
		0830 ET	USDA weekly Export Sales.
		1100 ET	Treasury announces amount of 2-year T-notes (previous $26 billion), 2-year floating-rate notes (previous $16 billion), 5-year T-notes (previous $34 billion) and 7-year T-notes (previous $28 billion) to be auctioned Feb 21-23.
	JPN	0100 ET	Revised Japan Jan machine tool orders, prelim-Jan +3.5% y/y.
	FRA	0130 ET	France mainland Q4 ILO unemployment rate expected -0.1 to 9.6%, Q3 +0.1 to 9.7%. Q4 mainland unemployment change, Q3 +31,000.
	EUR	0200 ET	Eurozone Jan new car registrations, Dec +3.0% y/y.
		0730 ET	Minutes of the Jan 19 ECB meeting.

Commodity Calendar – Thursday 2/16/2017
Date Time	Event	Period	Survey	Prior
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Corn-Total	9-Feb	—	1006.2
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Corn-Old Crop	9-Feb	—	971.7
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Soybeans-Total	9-Feb	—	665.6
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Soybeans-Old	9-Feb	—	536.3
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Wheat-Total	9-Feb	—	543.6
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Wheat-Old	9-Feb	—	527.3
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Soy Oil-Total	9-Feb	—	35.3
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Soy Oil-Old	9-Feb	—	35.3
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Soy Meal-Total	9-Feb	—	348.7
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Soy Meal-Old	9-Feb	—	347.7
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Cotton-Total	9-Feb	—	254.1
2/16/2017 8:30	Net Export Sales Cotton-Old	9-Feb	—	208.1
2/16/2017 10:30	EIA Natural Gas Storage Change	10-Feb	—	-152
2/16/2017 10:30	EIA Working Natural Gas Implied Flow	10-Feb	—	-147