CFTC says its overworked and understaffed

Acting Chairman Walter Lukken of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says that the volume on futures exchanges has increased 8,000 percent since the CFTC began to function 33 years ago while staffing levels have decreased by 12 percent and that additional staffing is necessary to implement new initiatives. (0:56)

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CFTC welcomes contradictory information

Rep. Tim Holden (R-Pa.) asks Acting Chairman Walter Lukken of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) if the CFTC has analyzed claims concerning what percentage of oil prices are due to speculation. Lukken responds that the CFTC’s economic staff does not know which economic models are being used in these studies and that nobody at the CFTC has found information supports these statements. (0:48)
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