Which federal agency regulates commodities trades?
Congress created the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 1974 as an independent agency. The CFTC regulates commodity futures and options markets in the United States and has authority to craft and enforce the regulatory framework that governs the trading of all commodity futures, including energy products such as crude oil.
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