Bankers lambast Tucker for questioning Barclays GG pricing

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Bankers lambast Tucker for questioning Barclays GG pricing

Market participants on Tuesday labelled Bank of England deputy governor Paul Tucker “naive” after it emerged he had expressed concern about Barclays’ financial position based on the spread it paid for its first government guaranteed bond in October 2008.

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