Futures Markets and the Price of Oil.

Analyzes the effect of the oil futures market on oil price volatility during the Persian Gulf crisis, with comparisons to earlier instances of oil price fluctuation and earlier concerns about futures trading effects on other commodity prices.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1991-1992.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Commodity exchanges. Prices. Petroleum industry and trade. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Analyzes the effect of the oil futures market on oil price volatility during the Persian Gulf crisis, with comparisons to earlier instances of oil price fluctuation and earlier concerns about futures trading effects on other commodity prices.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.