Securities Dictionary by Mayer Brown

CEA

Commodity Exchange Act. The CEA is one of the existing legislative acts that was substantially amended by the DFA. The CEA was originally enacted in 1936 and was amended by the DFA to provide for the extensive regulations of swaps.

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