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- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York may have known about London’s interest rate rigging scandal — centered on Barclays bank — as early as 2007. [Reuters]
- The European Union has authorized €100 billion to shore up Spanish banks. [Bloomberg]
- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is projecting that unemployment in developed economies will remain high longer than previously estimated. [Wall Street Journal]
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday proposed new rules aimed at reining in high-risk mortgages. [CNN Money]
- Senate Democrats are promoting a new package that would give companies tax breaks for hiring new workers or increasing wages. [Associated Press]
- Regulators will vote today on a rule requiring big banks to trade swaps through a central clearinghouse. [Wall Street Journal]
- Lawmakers in California and Northern Virginia last week voted to support railway projects identified by the Obama administration as critical. [The Hill]
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