The Intercontinental Exchange plans to launch futures products linked to currency policy decisions and energy reserves.

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange Group, is planning to launch new futures contracts linked to global monetary policy decisions and U.S. natural gas inventories, aiming to provide investors with another way to hedge economic event risks. According to company executives, ICE plans to introduce futures products based on interest rate decisions by the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Bank of England. Subject to regulatory approval, these economic indicator products are scheduled to go live on August 10th. This move is intended to allow investors to trade or hedge against established policy meetings of the three major central banks globally, as well as the weekly natural gas inventory levels released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.