Several current factors may make a merger of the SEC and CFTC seem conceptually more appealing that it used to be. However, there are still great differences between the markets they respectively oversee.One idea that seems to have acquired some sort of political immortality is that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which oversee the regulation of U.S. securities markets and that of U.S. derivative markets, respectively, should be merged into a single agency that would supervise both. This idea was given a new life most recently on 20 April when the Volcker Alliance, a think tank founded by former Treasury Secretary Paul Volker to promote more effective government, released a r...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.