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Sri Lanka's tax to GDP ratio has already doubled to more than 15% from below 8% when it faced economic crisis
Already Customs has achieved 51% of this year's target in first five months of 2026
It has already reached Rs.1 trillion milestone this year
Revenue leakages within Excise Department have historically posed challenge to fiscal stability
Despite US Federal Reserve raising flags on suspicious activity and JP Morgan issuing fraud alerts, Treasury transferred
Sri Lanka's consumer prices have risen 3.4-pct over 39-months from September 2022
We think we can reach 2,540 billion rupees
The loans will be provided by commercial banks
Govt allocates significant funds for public investment. some of which could be replaced by new tools
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Budget current account is surplus to November
Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of vehicle tax in the world
Announces $100mn in grants
Damage to railways estimated at US$1.7bn
President has said $500mn could be expected
| Latest | Last | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | % | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Top names include Joseph Stiglitz and Stephanie Kelton
Growth to be hit in the short term
IMF team due in January for discuss revised review
About 600 billion rupees in 2025 and 300-350 billion in 2025
Financial loss of a young rice field may be about 80,000 rupees
The Treasury cash buffer had expanded to 1,202 billion rupees by November 2025
About 40 bridges have been damaged and 18 were major bridges
We are exceeding the target because it is an emergency
Customs revenues may exceed target by Rs350bn
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