BU Now » commodities speculation http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Speculators blamed for oil-price spike http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/07/28/speculators-blamed-for-oil-price-spike/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/07/28/speculators-blamed-for-oil-price-spike/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:50:31 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=2504 In a reversal, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission now says speculators, not normal supply-and-demand, triggered the recent wild swings in global oil prices.  Energy risk-assessment expert Mark T. Williams, who teaches finance in the School of Management, can discuss how the new CFTC view reflects a shifting of political winds.

Contact Mark T. Williams, 617-358-2789, williams@bu.edu

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