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Carl Levin: “I believe that the data and analysis that they have presented make another compelling case that excessive speculation…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
I believe that the data and analysis that they have presented make another compelling case that excessive speculation has caused our commodity markets to become unmoored from those who actually make a living using the underlying commodities.
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin discusses the impact of excessive speculation on commodity markets.

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