Tag Archives: “Dodd-Frank”

Weekly Roundup: Clearing, U.S. Economy and Biofuel


We just returned from this week’s Futures Industry Association conference in Boca Raton, Fla. , where there was no shortage…

Weekly Roundup: Winter Drought, Dodd-Frank Rules and The Debt Ceiling


Economic reports and what happens (or doesn’t happen) in Washington continues to play a big role in the behavior of…

Weekly Roundup: A look at the Housing Market, Unemployment, and the Drought


CNNMoney featured a survey this week where several economists suggest the U.S. housing market has finally turned a corner. Housing…

The OpenMarkets Weekly Roundup


    Even Stephen Colbert is covering the drought.  Bruce Babcock, a professor of agricultural economics at Iowa State University,…