An interest rate future is a financial derivative (a futures contract) with an interest-bearing instrument as the underlying asset.
Examples include Treasury-bill futures, Treasury-bond futures and Eurodollar futures.
The global market for exchange-traded interest rate futures is notionally valued by the Bank for International Settlements at $5,794,200 million in 2005.
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