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On the recordJuly 16, 2012
The best way to address the problem, at least in the near term, would be to reform the way those numbers were collected so that the LIBOR rate that was set would be, in fact, an accurate representation.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Bernanke suggests reforming LIBOR collection methods for accuracy.

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