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''US - consumer protection - competition authority''.
''US banking - benchmark''.


(FTC).
(FFF).


The US Federal Trade Commission is established to:
Federal Funds Futures are a futures contract whose price is referenced to the average of daily effective federal funds rates during a contract month.
*Prevent business practices that are anticompetitive, or deceptive or unfair to consumers.
*Enhance informed consumer choice and public understanding of the competitive process.
*Accomplish this without unduly burdening legitimate business activity.


They are a short term interest rate hedging instrument, and an important market indicator of expectations about future changes in the Federal Funds Rate and other USD interest rates.


<span style="color:#4B0082">'''''Air Liquide gains FTC clearance'''''</span>


:"Air Liquide's treasury team has scooped the award for European Treasury Team of the Year for its work on the financing to acquire Airgas.
== See also ==
* [[Benchmark]]
* [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]]
* [[EFFR]]
* [[Fed funds]]
* [[Federal Funds Rate]] 
* [[Federal Open Market Committee]]  (FOMC)
* [[Federal Reserve]]
* [[Federal Reserve Bank]]
* [[Federal Reserve System]]
* [[Futures contract]]
* [[Hedging]]
* [[Monetary authority]]
* [[OBFR]]
* [[Policy interest rate]]


:The acquisition was successfully completed on 23 May 2016, following US Federal Trade Commission clearance."


:''The Treasurer magazine, February 2017 p32 - Deals of the Year.''
==External link==
*[https://www.cmegroup.com/markets/interest-rates/stirs/30-day-federal-fund.html 30-Day Fed Funds futures - explore this product - CME Group]


 
[[Category:The_business_context]]
== See also ==
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
* [[Antitrust law]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
* [[Cartel]]
[[Category:Cash_management]]
* [[Competition ]]
[[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]]
* [[Competition authority]]
[[Category:Liquidity_management]]
* [[Competition & Markets Authority]]
* [[Supply side policy]]

Latest revision as of 09:47, 21 June 2022

US banking - benchmark.

(FFF).

Federal Funds Futures are a futures contract whose price is referenced to the average of daily effective federal funds rates during a contract month.

They are a short term interest rate hedging instrument, and an important market indicator of expectations about future changes in the Federal Funds Rate and other USD interest rates.


See also


External link

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