Information Gathering Practices of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

GGD-77-52 Published: May 26, 1977. Publicly Released: May 26, 1977.

Highlights

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) does not have a formal program prescribing the procedures and critical management controls necessary for initiating, developing, and reassessing the reporting and recordkeeping requirements of an effective information-gathering program.

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Topics

Financial Markets and Institutions

Commodities exchangesData collectionFederal formsIndependent regulatory commissionsInternal controlsReporting requirementsCommodity futures marketsAgricultural commoditiesRegulatory agenciesField testing