Despite ups and downs from year to year, global average surface temperature is rising. By the beginning of the 21st century, Earthâs temperature was roughly 0.5 degrees Celsius above the long-term (1951â1980) average. (NASA figure adapted from Goddard Institute for Space Studies Surface Temperature Analysis. ).
H.R. 2292 (Markey) would require the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to provide a regulatory definition of HFT in the derivatives markets that the agency oversees. It would also require such high-frequency traders in derivatives to register with the CFTC, submit semiannual reports to the agency, and conform to business conduct
Section 321 of the USA PATRIOT Act included credit unions, Futures commission merchants, commodity trading advisors and commodity pool operators in its definition of a financial institution. It also defined in all legislation that the term Federal functional regulator includes the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Sec. 322.