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Fed Knew About False Libor

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In 2008, new documents show.

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An unidentified Barclays official admitted to the New York Federal Reserve that the UK-based bank was under-reporting interest rates used to calculate Libor back in April 2008, according to new documents released Friday by the central bank.

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