Panama "has ample liquidity"

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Olegario Barrelier, superintendent of Banks in Panama, said that liquidity in the banking sector in the country was close to 58% of deposits, with a manageable level of exposure to international markets that have been shaken by the US financial crisis.
"At this moment our banks are doing fine, they are healthy, they are liquid, they have double the equity that is required," said Barrelier.

Source: Latin America Reuters

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