Honduras Central Bank Reactivates Bank Reserves

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With this measure, the Central Bank intends to control the level of liquidity in the national financial system.

"Another objective of this policy is to protect the exchange rate and the international monetary reserves", reported Laprensahn.com.

Source: laprensahn.com

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