Ever heard of an Economic Derivative? You’ve come to the right place. An Economic Derivative is considered a new type of a derivative contract. The basis for economic derivatives is placed on the future value of a particular national economic indicator – gross domestic product, retail sales levels, among others. A majority of the economic derivatives take the form of binary options. In this type of payout, the only options available are a full payout or none at all. Learn something new every day…