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In Sri Lanka and pegged countries, rate cuts also trigger outmigration as currencies collapse
Deeper haircuts are not a guarantee against future defaults
Outlawing central bank swaps should be a key measure in preventing a second default
Stabilization provide fertile grounds to elect the fringe
True undated securities may be too ambitions but a start could be made with 5 to 10 year securities
Sri Lanka does not actually have a single policy rate like the Bank of England now
In Sri Lanka when the elected ruling class tries to amend the constitution and amass greater power at the expense of ind...
Sri Lanka's monetary instability, the rising cost of living, falling living standards and the resultant strikes, revolut
The three fetters that shackle Sri Lanka's economic growth, peace and general happiness; monetary instability, regime un...
While Sri Lanka defeated the Tamil Tigers in 2009 and the Coronavirus in 2020 – the battle is not yet over – it is r...
Sri Lanka's per person gross domestic product had dropped 227 dollars to 3,852 dollars in 2019 after a the latest curren...
When the government changes ground rules and conditions or the operating regime suddenly, like in Sri Lanka, it is very ...
Sri Lanka will face credit downgrades and possible sovereign default of dollar debt
Sri Lanka had stability until July 2019 with cash withdrawn by the central bank to keep a soft-peg with the US dollar un...
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera started a price formula in 2018 May just as fuel price started to spike, but the Ce...
The collapse of Sri Lanka's soft-pegged rupee, partly due to policy errors of the Central Bank and partly due to the fal...
| 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 | - | - |
In Sri Lanka, indoctrination and hate targeting communities not considered to be the 'core-nation' as defined in ethno-r...
The central bank should phase out term repo opeations to make the lower policy corridor active
Sri Lanka's Central Bank which has printed tens of billions of rupees in 2018 to boost economic activity artificially ju...
Sri Lanka is going from boom-bust to bust-bust in this credit cycle despite the injection of excess demand into the econ...
Sri Lanka's toiling workers in the private sector who stand on their own feet are an unfortunate lot, caught between a n...
In 2018 instability generated by an inconsistent monetary policy framework not only killed a nascent economic recovery t...
Sri Lanka's United National Party has well and truly lost its reputation for economic management during three and a half...
There are pronouncements that Sri Lanka is like Greece from both sides of the political divide, but that is not correct.
Fischer said if Ecuador has asked, IMF would have said it was not possible to dollarize as pre-conditions were not there
Sri Lanka's permanent currency depreciation worsened by periods of greater weakness is putting the country in danger
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