Notable
Inflation is transitory
Since inflationary policy began from around August 2019, the food index had risen 28.5-pct
Appointments are effective from November 17
We made this decision to manage limited foreign exchange to import essential foods
Money printed to create a production economy has created a currency crisis in the island
IMF Asia Pacific Chief Changyong Rhee may head the delegation
Sri Lanka has cut its policy rate corridor 25 basis points and also cut the statutory reserve ratio 100 basis points to ...
The US Federal Reserve and other central banks announced on Sunday a bold set of measures to shore up confidence hit by ...
Sri Lanka's forex reserves had grown to 7,948 million US dollars in January 2020, from 7512 million US dollars ahead of ...
A steep jump in excess liquidity in Sri Lanka's interbank money markets came from a transfer of profits from the central...
Sri Lanka's central bank kept its policy rates unchanged in February 2020 saying credit was starting to pick up, but war...
The US Federal Reserve announced an emergency rate cut Tuesday, responding to the growing economic risk posed by the cor...
Sri Lanka's economic misery has increase in 2019, according to an annual global index compiled by a Johns Hopkins econo...
Sri Lanka's inflation accelerated to 6.2 percent for the 12-months to February 2020, from 5.7 percent in January as the ...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it will stop compiling offered rates, a forward looking interest rate compiled with market...
Sri Lanka's nation-wide inflation measured by the National Consumer Price Index, speeded up to 7.6 percent in the 12-mo...
Latest | Last | |
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US Dollar | 367.3317 | 367.2998 |
UK Pound | 440.9690 | 446.3443 |
Euro | 378.4300 | 384.5648 |
Aus Dollar | 252.1803 | 254.2801 |
Yen | 2.7280 | 2.7116 |
Latest | Last | |
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Indian Rupee | 4.5375 | 4.5579 |
Korea Won | 0.2753 | 0.2772 |
Oman Rial | 934.5767 | 934.5180 |
Saudi Riyal | 95.8489 | 95.8722 |
UAE Dirham | 97.9600 | 97.9538 |
pts | % | |
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S&P SL20 | 2,247.04 | -2.01% |
CSE All Share | 7,117.35 | -1.67% |
Turnover Rs million | 982,280,736 | 916,268,373 |
Latest | Last | |
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3-m bill | 19.88 | 19.95 |
6-m bill | 20.76 | 20.17 |
12-m bill | 21.12 | 21.81 |
5-yr bond | 19.79 | 19.87 |
8-yr bond | 20.46 | 20.14 |
today | yesterday | |
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Overnight Money | 14.50 | 14.50 |
Gilt Repo | 14.50 | 14.50 |
I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's vegetable prices have started to fall in February 2020 from a month earlier, but remains sharply elevated f...
Sri Lanka's Constitutional Council had approved Sajeeva Jayawardene, a laywer nominated by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ...
Sri Lanka could have achieved a revival in consumer demand with a smaller stimulus, as the country tends to go through a...
A final review of Sri Lanka's existing program with the International Monetary Fund happen in April, if there is enough ...
Cuts by rating agencies in the outlook of Sri Lanka's sovereign rating to negative in 2019 was worrying but ratings wil...
Sri Lanka may start talks with the International Monetary Fund for a new program, Central Bank Governor W D Lakshman sai...
Sri Lanka will see a slow improvement in external accounts, trade deficit will continue to fall in 2020, and there will ...
Sri Lanka's January 2020 official reserves fell 116 million dollars to 7,626 million dollars from 7,642 million dollars...
Sri Lanka has missed the budget deficit and foreign reserves targets in a deal with the International Monetary Fund wher...
Sri Lanka inflation picked up to 5.4 percent in the 12-months to January 2020, with the index gaining 1.4 percent durin...
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