New contracts span global monetary policy decisions and U.S. natural gas storage reports

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), one of the world's leading providers of financial market technology and data powering global capital markets, today announced the planned launch of its first economic indicator futures contracts tied to global monetary policy decisions and US natural gas storage reports.

The cash-settled futures contracts are designed to give market participants exchange-traded and centrally-cleared instruments to express views on specific economic events and decisions.