Commodities trading to be introduced, good or bad?

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good or bad depends on how the seller and buyer is affected

we will find out when the exchange is up and running

pag meron na commodities exchange dito, magkakaroon na ng uniform pricing ang commodities sa bansa (ngayon kasi ang presyo depende sa lugar)

bad for producers who will experience drop in prices (good for buyers)

and good for producers who will experience rise in prices (bad for buyers)

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as for govt price controls...

i don't think an exchange will prevent that

to improve their popularity ratings, politicians will always take the pro-masa, anti-business stand

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now it would be easier for speculators to make money on local commodities

you no longer need to hoard physical commodities

you just buy up all the contracts hehe