The Central Bank Bond Controversy Revisited

By Sam Samarasinghe and Dushyantha Mendis- 04/23/2015 

The Ministry of Policy Planning and Economic Affairs has on April 19 issued a press release announcing some findings of the three-member committee that Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe appointed

“to look into matters related to the 30-year bond issued on February 27”(PM’s special statement to Parliament, 17th March). The “findings,” however, instead of resolving the issues, appear to have raised yet more issues.

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