Notable
At the moment the central bank is providing monetary stability seen in the exchange rate and inflation
Before the Second Amendment IMF could
Tax slabs should keep pace with inflation, dependent allowances should be considered
Deficits do not rise much in the year that a currency crisis is triggered, but in the stabilization year
There are quick fixes and numerous longer term reforms that can fundamentally change the country
The 4Q events were a dress rehearsal of what would happen later when private credit picks up
Ethno-religious fascist forces are again in the ascendancy in Sri Lanka helped by an economic downturn triggered by mone...
Sri Lanka's Central Bank is forced to collect forex reserves to be able to pay off government debt when necessary and me...
Sri Lanka is on a recovery path, and this is the time when commercial bank credit picks up, the Central Bank cuts rates ...
With the rupee hitting new lows against the US dollar, driven by a REER-targeting devaluationist policy to hurt wage ear...
Corruption in Sri Lanka's governments is partly due to the lack of an independent public service and permanent secretari...
Sri Lanka's central bank and policymakers of the United National Party sowed the wind from 2015, printing money to destr...
Classical liberal economists have long argued that free trade leads to peace and economic nationalism and protectionism ...
Sri Lanka's credit is now slowing (compared to total deposits raised), allowing the central bank to easily purchase doll...
A story doing round in Colombo these days is that when Sri Lanka's captains of rent - sorry industry - were asked about ...
Sri Lanka's new trade policy published in the ministry of development strategies and international trade says a lot of h...
| 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 | - | - |
Sri Lanka’s rulers and bureaucrats are planning to poke their itchy interventionist fingers on taxis and school v...
Under planned ‘flexible inflation targeting’, Sri Lanka is supposed to target an inflation index, intervene...
Sri Lanka is planning an 'anti-dumping' law to protect businessmen from exercising their power in markets. Anti-dumping ...
A grave new risk had emerged to Sri Lanka's monetary stability and sovereign credit with the Treasury pressuring the cen...
Sri Lanka is facing several headwinds, amid talk of an impending economic crisis, which is coming from excessive relianc...
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Sri Lanka’s Yahapalanaya administration has tarnished the United National Party’s reputation for good econ...
Nationalist hate is once again rising in the West, as shown by Brexit and Donald Trump amid an economic downturn while S...
India's rulers suddenly demonetised 500 and 1000 rupee notes on November 08, making them valueless, supposedly to draw '...
When King John imposed yet another scutage, the main tax of the times that was the basis of a feudal serfdom, on the bar...
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