The purpose of this survey is to indicate briefly the current condition of the futures markets and the volume and character of trading as compared with prewar, and to outline some of the regulatory objectives and problems of the postwar period.
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Futures Trading Under the Commodity Exchange Act, 1946-1954
Contents: Introduction --- Commodities under the act --- The contract markets --- General measures of market activity --- Volume of trading --- Open contracts --- Market composition --- Reports on cotton "Call Sales" --- Reopening of European futures markets --- Regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act --- Basic information from reports --- Reports on foreign accounts in U. S. futures markets --- Special surveys and investigations --- Limits on trading of large speculators --- Compliance --- Price manipulation (Great Western Food Distributors, et al -- Cargill, Inc. -- Manipulation by group action) --- Proceedings involving speculative limits --- Appendix (Tables -- Compliance proceedings under the Commodity Exchange Act, 1953 and 1954).
