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UN say commodities bubbles need intervention

MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 06, 2011 | 1:01 am

Direct government intervention may be needed to burst bubbles in commodity markets inflated by a new herd of financial investors, a UN study found. Excessive speculation has added around 20% to international oil prices, sending false signals to policy makers,...

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