As expected, Finance Minister Mottley introduced legislation on June 13 strengthening the Central Bank's ability to influence the level of liquidity in the banking system by allowing it to engage in open-market operations. The bank will have the power to buy and sell both short-term treasury bills (as short as one month) and longer-term treasury notes (with maturities of from one to five years). Up to now the …

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