Author: Jeffrey Harris
Published May 20, 2008
Jeffrey Harris, Chief Economist of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), gave this testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 20, 2008. It discusses "the CFTC's role with respect to the agriculture commodities markets and our view of current trends in the markets as the government regulator charged with overseeing them."
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