03.10.2013 - Commodity markets will go dark if shutdown continues: John Kemp
If the U.S. government shutdown continues for more than a few days, commodity markets will find themselves flying blind, as the public servants responsible for producing statistics on which traders and investors rely are sent home. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said Tuesday it will not publish the commitments of traders and other market reports during the shutdown, depriving participants in the world's biggest derivative markets for energy and agricultural products of price-moving information about the positions of other producers, consumers and speculators...............................................Full Article: Source
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