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Carl Levin: “Speculators, who by definition do not plan to use the commodities that they trade but profit from the changing prices...”

On the recordNovember 2, 2011
Speculators, who by definition do not plan to use the commodities that they trade but profit from the changing prices...
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin clarifies the role of speculators in commodity markets.

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