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Jack Reed: “What steps are you taking, though, given that concern you have expressed, right now, not retrospectively, how we got…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2012
What steps are you taking, though, given that concern you have expressed, right now, not retrospectively, how we got here and who did what to do, but to provide as much certainty as you can--there are several banking institutions you directly regulate that contribute to LIBOR.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Reed questions the Federal Reserve's actions regarding LIBOR's reliability.

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