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On the recordNovember 20, 2014
Is it your recommendation today that the Fed aggressively require divestment of commodities by banks that are also trading in the price of those commodities?
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Merkley questions the need for the Fed to mandate banks to divest from commodities.

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