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2022 budget to achieve meaningful fiscal responsibility: Jayasundera
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'Reserves to be buttressed with non-debt inflows'
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De-link investments from loans
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July a stressful month
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'The national balance sheet is very scary because almost all districts are reporting non-communicable ... diseases'
Import substitution firms to benefit, essential goods may be neutral
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Overnight rates highest since July 2020 rate cut but below ceiling rate
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Trade gap up to May 2021 soars to 3.6bn, higher than the 3.2bn in 2019 with no import controls
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"If we make the country organic we can earn 20 billion US dollars in two years." the minister said
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Action is ill-judged and un-acceptable says Finance Ministry
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CB held T-bill stock sold down by Rs5.6bn after bill auction
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Says authorities addressing concerns
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"I mean if you look at what we are doing its absolute garbage"
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 199.9033 | 199.9000 |
| UK Pound | 278.1954 | 277.5112 |
| Euro | 236.8554 | 236.3318 |
| Aus Dollar | 147.2188 | 147.1464 |
| Yen | 1.8214 | 1.8210 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 2.6863 | 2.6830 |
| Korea Won | 0.1738 | 0.1732 |
| Oman Rial | 519.2428 | 519.2343 |
| Saudi Riyal | 53.3004 | 53.2910 |
| UAE Dirham | 54.4229 | 54.4220 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 3,072.72 | 0.71% |
| CSE All Share | 8,134.75 | 0.47% |
| Turnover Rs million. | 2,191,558,044.10 | 1,806,549,564.70 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 5.14 | 5.13 |
| 6-m bill | 5.17 | 5.16 |
| 12-m bill | 5.22 | 5.21 |
| 5-yr bond | 7.35 | 7.34 |
| 8-yr bond | 7.89 | 7.88 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 5.11 | 5.11 |
| Gilt Repo | 5.14 | 5.14 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
#Restart21 (Episode 1) Kasturi Chellaraja, Hilmy Cader, Chanakya Dissanayake, and Kenneth De Zilwa
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Credit growth driven by loans to state and SOEs
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Green economy and vaccination among topics
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Investment and intermediate goods 'permitted' by bureaucrats surge
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Precautionary demand high in uncertainty
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In March 2021 revenues recovered to Rs142bn, better than the 2019 level but spending went up to 308bn from 138.
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At least 350mn for the rest of 2021
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The EIB had offered to provide technical expertise and assistance to Sri Lanka in the sphere of green bonds.
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"Vital that restrictions .... against the pandemic don't go beyond the legitimate protection of #PublicHealth
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"There were many arguments and counter – arguments and opinions expressed at the meeting"
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