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What are our elected officials doing about about regulating speculative oil futures trading on the stock mkt. ?
6While they pontificate, and the economy teeters on the precipice of total collapse, due in large part to rising oil prices ($140 a barrel), our congressmen were preparing to depart for their summer break. By the time they return in August, this nation may very well be beyond the point of recovery — businesses bankrupt, jobs lost, and the number of Americans in food lines increased by tenfold, as the price at the pump climbs steadily higher.
The Hindu Business Line : The importance of regulating commodity futures markets
0The Hindu Business Line : The importance of regulating commodity futures markets
Speculative trading in global commodity futures markets has been closely related to the dramatic volatility in commodity markets in the past three years. Now financial regulation in the US seeks to control some of this activity.
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