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January 15, 2010

Regulators Propose Limits on Energy Commodity Speculation
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And federal regulators have unveiled proposals to impose limits on
speculation in oil and other energy commodities. On Thursday, the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission called for limiting how financial
speculators trade energy commodities to ensure they don’t help inflate
prices. Under the Bush administration, the CFTC rejected speculation as
a cause of rising oil prices and instead blamed supply and demand.



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