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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank bought a net US$579 million in August, official data showed, amid a stabilizing local currency that touched a four-year low in the May this year. It was the ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Sri Lanka jolts markets with outsized 100-bp rate hike to counter Gulf crisis
COLOMBO, May 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank stunned markets by raising its policy rate by an outsized 100 basis points on Tuesday, the biggest hike in four years, as policymakers scrambled to ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Financing Sri Lanka’s post-IMF development
In March 2027, Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will expire. It is the seventeenth arrangement the country has entered into with the Fund since 1965. ..
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: UPDATE 1-Sri Lanka central bank governor Lakshman to step down
COLOMBO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Weligamage Don Lakshman said on Friday he would step down next week at a time when the South Asian island nation's weak foreign exchange ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Sitharaman turned IMF tide: Former Sri Lanka minister reveals India's help during crisis
Former Sri Lankan Finance Minister Ali Sabry has revealed how his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman's intervention helped the island nation secure IMF support amid its worst financial crisis.
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Climate Finance Must Be Part of Sri Lanka’s Debt Solution
Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe left, and France’s Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna pose as they arrive at the New Global Financial summit in Paris, France, June 22, 2023. Credit: Ludovic ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Sri Lanka extends 235 million rupees in working capital to MSMEs
The Sri Lankan Government provided 235 million rupees to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises under its Non-Performing Loan working capital loan scheme, according to a progress statement on the 2026 ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Sri Lanka central bank to host reserve management meet
Sri Lanka's central bank is hosting a reserve management conference which will bring together central bankers, sovereign asset managers, policymakers, economists and investment professionals from ...
News Sri Lanka » Central » Finance: Sri Lanka's inflation rises to 8% in August
Sri Lanka, Sept. 2 -- Sri Lanka's headline inflation, measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100), increased to 8.0% in August 2026 from 7.3% in July, mainly due to the statistical ...