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On the recordNovember 2, 2011
A direct link between a futures contract going up in price because of that last month, and that is used by the people who are actually buying and selling the commodity.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin emphasizes the connection between futures prices and actual commodity prices.

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