CME sets February launch for new inflation contract

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is to launch the first inflation contracts, having signed Barclays Capital, one of the principal players in the inflation-linked bond and derivatives markets, as a lead marketmaker in the products.

The CME's new contracts will be based on the US Consumer Price Index (CPI), and will be tradable solely over the exchange's electronic Globex platform.

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