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Maria Cantwell: “But when you run speculators up from 37 percent of the market to 80 percent of the market, that changes the oil futures…”

On the recordMarch 24, 2009
But when you run speculators up from 37 percent of the market to 80 percent of the market, that changes the oil futures market in a very significant way, and not for the better.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Senator Cantwell discusses the impact of increased speculation on oil futures markets.

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