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Ed Markey: Had it not been for the unfortunate 2003 decision of the Federal Reserve that allowed regulated banks to trade in…

On the recordJuly 23, 2013
Had it not been for the unfortunate 2003 decision of the Federal Reserve that allowed regulated banks to trade in physical commodity markets, much of the artificial inflation of commodity prices we have seen since would not have occurred.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey blames a Federal Reserve decision for inflation in commodity prices.

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