The Maine Public Broadcasting Network has a brief story about U.S. Senator Susan Collins telling the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Gary Gensler that index traders are distorting markets for wheat, oil and other commodities. Collins has introduced the Commodity Speculation Reform Act, which would limit the number of contracts that non-commercial investors could hold in [...]
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