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Article: JOINT PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE-FINANCE MINISTRY STATEMENT ON THE NEW DRAFT BANK OF ISRAEL LAW
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- Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
- Article date:
- July 6, 2009
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(Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser). Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
will,on Sunday, 5.7.09, submit the draft Bank of Israel law for
Cabinet approval.The law is due to specify the main areas of
activity for the Bank, withemphasis on its goals, strengthening its
independence and assuringtransparency in its modus operandi. The
Bank of Israel and the Finance Ministry have - for some time - been
working on the main provisions of the law and have recently
concluded work on most of the subjects included in the draft law. In
recent weeks, on instructions from Prime Minister Netanyahu and with
themediation of Prime Minister's Office ...