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Carl Levin: “Do you believe that the dramatic increase in commodity indexed trading and the futures which are purchased to hedge…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2009
Do you believe that the dramatic increase in commodity indexed trading and the futures which are purchased to hedge against a risk, has played a significant role in the failure of convergence?
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Carl Levin
Democratic · Michigan

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Levin questions the impact of commodity trading on market convergence issues.

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