Pedro Silverio of the Cenantillas economic think-tank yesterday criticized the fact that the Central Bank had not yet received the US$150 million designated to bolster its foreign currency reserves. This money was to have come from the US$600-billion bond issuance of January 2003. Today, daily newspapers are carrying paid public announcements from the Ministry of Finance, indicating that the US$150 million was indeed deposited to the Central Bank on 26 February. This information, however, was not contained on the Central Bank?s website, which had not been updated since the 15 February, according to an article in the Economic Section of the Listin Diario, the publication responsible for originally releasing the information on the missing funds. Whether this reaction was a result of the Cenantillas press release or, as Pedro Silverio points out, the fact that the Law on Sovereign Bonds does not establish a timeframe for the transfer of monies, remains to be clarified. The Banco de Reservas is not complaining, having held the money in its accounts for over a month.