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Growth in Volume of Futures & Option Contracts Traded & CFTC FTEs, 1997 – 2007


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Trading volume has increased six-fold in the last decade while staffing levels at the Commission have trended downward.

Growth in Volume of Futures & Option Contracts Traded
& CFTC Full-time Equivalents (FTEs), 1997 – 2007
  1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Full-time Equivalents
(Staffing Levels)		 553 560 567 546 514 521 497 517 491 493 437
Contract Trading Volume
(Millions)		 522 625 614 580 723 1,004 1,225 1,518 1,920 2,421 3,085

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