The Hill: Regulators impose limits on oil speculation

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/188239-market-regulators-impose-oil-speculation-curbs

A divided Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted along party lines Tuesday to impose new restrictions on speculative trading in energy futures markets.

The rules, required under last year’s Dodd-Frank law, are aimed at reigning in speculative Wall Street trading that some allege has driven up oil prices and worsened market volatility in recent years.

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