Hoy newspaper calls it ?shocking? that the Central Bank has not released its annual economic performance report for 2002. The newspaper highlights that the lack of timely information on the performance of the Dominican economy is being noted in comments by investors and businessmen. While it has traditionally been forthcoming on a punctual basis, for unknown reasons, the Central Bank has delayed the publication of its 2002 year-end disclosure. Hoy newspaper says that the report had usually been emitted by mid-February at the latest.