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Who are the Libor losers?

How much damage did messing with Libor really do to the financial system?

After all, most financial trades are two way bets - and for every winner, there is a loser.

Did the banks really pick our pockets as they manipulated Libor?

Or were they just picking each others’?

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Sun 15 Jul 201211:50GMT
BBC World Service Online

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