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...July 15, 2019
Tarbert Begins Term as 14th CFTC Chairman
Chairman Tarbert: “Now Is the Time to Act.”
Washington, DC — Dr. Heath P. Tarbert officially began his term today as the 14th Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), succeeding J. Christopher Giancarlo.
CFTC Chairman Heath P. Tarbert takes the oath of office from Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg…
...October 10, 2019
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Chairman Tarbert Comments on Cryptocurrency Regulation at Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit
New York, NY – Today at the Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit in New York City, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Heath P. Tarbert participated in a wide-ranging interview on cryptocurrency regulation and other CFTC agenda items. Full video…
...March 18, 2020
ICYMI: Chairman Tarbert Highlights CFTC’s COVID-19 Response
Washington, D.C. — Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman and Chief Executive Heath P. Tarbert highlighted the agency’s response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic today in an interview on Fox Business’ Cavuto: Coast to Coast, as well as in an op-ed for FoxBusiness.com. The CFTC also unveiled today a…
...April 21, 2020
ICYMI: Chairman Tarbert Discusses Crude Oil Futures on CNBC’s Squawk Alley
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Chairman Tarbert on State of Oil Futures Markets:
“[T]he CFTC obviously is watching these markets closely and in real time. Our main job as a regulator is to make sure that whatever is going on in the markets is actually reflective of real supply and demand and…
… increases in market-wide volatility (measured by the VIX index), bond yield drops, and credit rating downgrades … and Hotchkiss (2019) finds that on days with large VIX increases, dealers tend to offset trades more quickly …