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Opinion

Rethinking free trade

The world is now reevaluating the role of economic interconnectedness in global affairs, according to this IMF article

June 30, 2026 6 min read

Unit trusts offer Sri Lanka investors a 'financial smoothie': JB Financial

How to protect your wealth from rising inflation with unit trusts and diversification

June 30, 2026 3 min read

EXPLAINER – Ripple effect of sharp depreciation of Sri Lanka rupee

The rupee currency has fallen more than 5 percent so far this year

May 15, 2026 11 min read

Sri Lanka private credit roars back, rupee depreciates in money printed through fx swaps

If the monetary framework is flawed, a Treasury which is dependent on CB reserves can default with a budget surplus

May 13, 2026 9 min read
How Vietnam turned FTAs into apparel growth, and what Sri Lanka can learn: JAAF

Vietnam’s FTA network give it access to key markets including the EU, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, China, South Korea

Sri Lanka’s GI and IP advantage

Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) explores potential of IP Rights and Geographical Indications in strengthening exports

Powering through droughts and crises: Redesigning Sri Lanka's energy resilience

The next drought, El Niño, and oil shock are certainties, IPS warns,

Erandathie Pathiraja
April 28, 2026 6 min read

Rejoicing as inflation target, depreciation batter Sri Lanka's poor, is immoral and is in bad taste

The parliament has erred, and erred terribly, in giving 'independence' to a central bank that demands 5-pct inflation

Bellwether
April 19, 2026 12 min read

How the US-Israel confrontation with Iran is shattering the Westphalian system

"When the most powerful states no longer agree on how the system should function, international rules become symbolic"

April 7, 2026 19 min read

Sri Lanka rupee depreciation slams democracy amid sound money in Qatar, Dubai

Qatar and Dubai protected their money from macro-economists in 1966

Bellwether
April 2, 2026 19 min read

Sri Lanka budget current account in surplus after 38-years, depreciation threat looms : analysis

The current account surplus allowed a part of the capex to be financed with taxes for the first time since 1987

March 24, 2026 6 min read

Sri Lanka above target primary budget surplus partly due to central bank 'deflation'

The high nominal interest rate which is a function of monetary instability and destruction of domestic capital

Bellwether
March 23, 2026 7 min read

The unlocked potential of ageing and silver economy in Sri Lanka

An Institute of Policy Studies blog analyses challenges and possibilities for Sri Lanka to reap demographic dividends

Bilesha Weeraratne
March 5, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka's tax administration and justice - from revenue to repression

In one case matters 15 years old were raised. He ultimately simplified his affairs, and retreated from active business

March 2, 2026 18 min read

Sri Lanka after IEEPA: Navigating tariffs in a volatile US trade environment

IPS analyses the status of US tariffs on Sri Lankan exports, especially following the recent US Supreme Court judgement

Asanka Wijesinghe
February 27, 2026 6 min read

Sri Lanka should terminate CB swaps, lock in foreign reserves bought outright

More closely the single policy rate is targeted the, the bigger the crisis Sri Lanka will have

Bellwether
February 27, 2026 9 min read
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US Dollar 328.3421 336.1698
UK Pound 443.5573 445.0216
Euro 381.2380 383.3680
Yen 2.1030 2.0663
Aus Dollar 236.4720 231.5874
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Turnover Rs 2133.62 million 1070.24 million
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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
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Sri Lanka's choices in unsound money and inflation in historical context with Lawrence White

How did money become so bad and so unstable in this century

February 12, 2026 34 min read

Pakistan cricket to play India in Sri Lanka, Anura speaks to PM Sharif

Sri Lankan President requested the Prime Minister to accord serious consideration to amicably resolve current impasse

February 10, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka's new IMF loan, fx debt addiction, exposes fragility of monetary regime

Sri Lanka is facing external and domestic monetary headwinds in 2026

Bellwether
February 9, 2026 10 min read

Will Sri Lanka's central bank do a Dudley to Anura with rupee depreciation?

Unless nipped in the bud, currency depreciation will lead to political instability

Bellwether
January 13, 2026 17 min read

How did Julie Chung shape U.S.-Sri Lanka relations amid turbulence?

Chung engaged in Sri Lanka for freedom of expression and to change anti US-sentiment narrative

Shihar Aneez
January 9, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka need not be a forex beggar nation, Treasury should charge dollar taxes

The priviledge of 'Government Acceptance' should be ended to stop the next default

Bellwether
December 22, 2025 10 min read

Rebuilding housing post-Ditwah: Lessons from Sri Lanka’s tsunami experience

An Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka (IPS) article draws from lessons of the post-tsunami housing programme

Nisha Arunatilake
December 11, 2025 6 min read

Japan’s ‘shock treatment’ for Sri Lanka’s Flood Victims

Japanese doc stuns Sri Lanka patients by bowing to them

Namal Suvendra
December 10, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s food security after Cyclone Ditwah: Risk, recovery, and resilience

An Institute of Policy Studies article looks at urgency of restoring transport links, supporting farmers

Manoj Thibbotuwawa and Chandula Idirisinghe
December 9, 2025 7 min read

Double down to tackle Sri Lanka’s freshwater tsunami

This time it is a freshwater tsunami engulfing the entire country

Krishantha Prasad Cooray
December 1, 2025 3 min read
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