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English translation: window dressing

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Spanish term or phrase:	operaciones de maquillaje
English translation:	window dressing
Entered by:	MJ Barber

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09:46 Jan 8, 2005

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Spanish term or phrase: operaciones de maquillaje

El primero es consecuencia del sistema de promedios para el cumplimiento por parte de los bancos del requisito de reservas mínimas, mientras que los efectos calendario pueden deberse a las operaciones de maquillaje a las que los bancos someten sus balances en las fechas de presentación obligatoria de los mismos.

Make-up operations? Is there an established term for this?

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window dressing

Explanation:
That's the term given in 'Alcaraz/Varó: Diccionario de Términos Económicos, Financieros y Comerciales'.

Another possibility might be 'massaging the figures'.

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window dressing

Explanation:
That's the term given in 'Alcaraz/Varó: Diccionario de Términos Económicos, Financieros y Comerciales'.

Another possibility might be 'massaging the figures'.

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PRO pts in category: 4

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