Spot Cheese Market: Market Oversight Has Increased, but Concerns Remain about Potential Manipulation

United States. Government Accountability Office.

United States. Government Accountability Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    financial markets and institutions;    justice and law enforcement;    business regulation and consumer protection;    agriculture and food;   

RP-ID  :  GAO-07-707
RP-ID  :  262652

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) is home to the spot cheddar cheese market, which impacts the prices of virtually all cheese traded in the United States, producer milk prices, and milk futures contracts. The spot cheese market, formerly the National Cheese Exchange (NCE) in Wisconsin, has been and continues to be the subject of concerns about price manipulation. GAO was asked to examine (1) the market's structure and ongoing concerns about price manipulation; (2) market oversight and efforts to address potential manipulation; and (3) how the market impacts federal milk pricing. In response, GAO compared the markets at NCE and CME, analyzed trading data, collected information about the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) oversight, and met with industry participants, academics, and agency officials."