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CME to add 3rd year fed-funds futures contracts

CME Group Inc.  said Thursday that it would launch federal-funds futures contracts extending three years in a move expanding investor options for assessing longer-term Federal Reserve interest rate policy.

The world’s largest futures exchange by trading volume said it would add the third-year contracts to its existing slate, with a planned Feb. 27 launch of monthly fed-funds futures for February 2013 through January 2014. Get the full story »