Notable
For 2025, Rs50 bn will be sought
This request is currently under consideration and subject to approval by the IMF board
Has sought $200mn relief
The shipment was formally handed over by the High Commissioner of the Maldives to Colombo
Programme expects to address non tax compliance
The revenue has exceeded this month's target by 9.5-pct in the first 22 days
Funding including guarantees spread over three years
On the invitation of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake
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Tax revenue grew 18 percent to 760.7 billion rupees
Switzerland has one of the best central banks and the lowest inflation
The overall deficit was 119.4 billion rupees, down from 166.9 billion rupees last year
Sri Lanka has doubled WHT to 10% from this month.
IRD aims for 2.1 trillion rupee tax revenue this year
The EPF has built back around US $5.29 billion dollars after losing 6.27
Real returns after inflation hits double digits
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Procedures for registration, payment, and compliance will be specified by the Commissioner-General
There are several red flags and one green one
Looking at energy and water sector delivery services
Going forward, ADB has pipelined a similar volume in budget support for 2025
However from around 2028, foreign debt repayments will start going up
India played a key role in restructuring Sri Lanka's debt as a co-chair
In the last six months, we have converted a loan of 100 million dollars into to a grant
The formula seems to match many countries
By 2019 the CWE's net assets were negative
SriLankan also has other debts
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