Currently hedge funds and investment banks speculate in the commodities markets as a means to profit from changes in supply and demand. This amplifies price increases due to supply disruptions and contributes to spikes in the prices we pay for life's necessities such as food and fuel. The proposed rule would require that purchasers of a futures contract on a commodity underlying the consumer price index take physical delivery and consume of said commodity
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