Interest Rate Derivatives Trading Explodes to $6.5 Trillion/Day
A gigantic spike in 3 years. The UK dominates. By Nick Corbishley, for WOLF STREET: The volume of over-the-counter (OTC) interest rate derivatives traded globally soared by 141% in three years to $6.5 trillion per day in April 2019, according to the Bank for International Settlements’ new Triennial Survey of Global Derivatives Markets. In the prior survey period, April 2016, $2.7 … Read more