Eurodollar and Short-Term Interest Rate Futures Markets (1978-1995)

1. IMM expands futures into global finance

   Dec 1, 1971Labels: International Monetary, Chicago Mercantile

   • IMM CME
   • CME overview

2. CME lists 13-week Treasury bill futures

   Jan 6, 1976Labels: CME, Treasury bill

   • CME dates

3. CME introduces Treasury bond futures

   Aug 22, 1977Labels: CME, Treasury bond

   • CME dates
   • CME anniversaries

4. Eurodollar futures approved as first cash-settled futures

   Dec 8, 1981Labels: Eurodollar futures, cash settlement

   • CFTC history

5. CME Eurodollar futures begin trading

   Dec 9, 1981Labels: Eurodollar futures, CME

   • CME dates
   • CME press

6. CME launches 10-year Treasury note futures

   May 3, 1982Labels: 10-year Treasury, CME

   • CME dates

7. LIFFE opens, launching European short-rate futures era

   Sep 30, 1982Labels: LIFFE, London

   • LIFFE summary

8. CME and SIMEX begin mutual offset link

   Sep 7, 1984Labels: CME, SIMEX

   • UPI archive
   • WashPost 1984

9. Options on Eurodollar futures begin trading

   Mar 20, 1985Labels: Options on, CME

   • CME dates
   • Options paper

10. Fed Funds futures start trading at CME

    Oct 3, 1988Labels: Fed Funds, CME

    • CME dates

11. CME adds one-month LIBOR futures

    Apr 5, 1990Labels: One-month LIBOR, CME

    • CME dates

12. Eurodollar futures move into overnight electronic access

    Jan 1, 1992Labels: Globex, Eurodollar futures

    • CME press
    • Globex debut

13. CME Globex begins after-hours electronic trading

    Jun 25, 1992Labels: CME Globex, electronic trading

    • CME anniversaries
    • UPI Globex

14. Barings collapse highlights derivatives control failures

    Feb 27, 1995Labels: Barings Bank, derivatives loss

    • Britannica
    • RBA bulletin