CPI Futures Debut at Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 2004
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What happened
Consumer Price Index (CPI) futures debuted at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February 2004. These contracts, along with threshold-based event contracts, provide traders separate ways to follow consumer-price readings as they change over time. Headline CPI includes food and energy prices, while core CPI excludes them.
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Why it matters
These financial instruments allow traders to track changes in consumer-price readings. The CME operates within a futures market that provides signals the FED monitors and influences through monetary policy.
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Who's involved
- Chicago Mercantile ExchangeFinancial derivative exchange where CPI futures debuted
- CME GroupParent entity and successor organization to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- NasdaqStock exchange whose index pricing is based on CME futures contracts
- Donald TrumpPolitician whose policy actions influence the futures market
- FEDBusiness that monitors signals from the CME futures market
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The entities involved
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange
financial and commodity derivative exchange located in Chicago, Illinois, United States
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