Notable
Non-credible peg imposed in May
Hopes new administration will not block IMF deal
President Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe to resign
Urges budget deficit and SOE losses to be contained to stop printing money
"As the head of the Monetary Policy Committee at the time, as the senior deputy governor, I always raised concerns.'
All the targets have been met, except the revenue target is below
Borrowings from Sri Lanka's banking system after a tax cut at the beginning of the year and a Coronavirus pandemic had r...
Sri Lanka's 12-month consumer inflation rose 3.0 percent in January 2021 from a year earlier in the capital Colombo, slo...
Sri Lanka's rupee should be around 185 to the US dollar State Minister for Money and Capital Markets Nivard Cabraal has ...
Sri Lanka will change several orders and regulations issued under the country's exchange control law, involving capital ...
Sri Lanka has barred commercial banks from selling or buying foreign exchange for three months as the currency came unde...
Excess liquidity in Sri Lanka's money markets, which was driven up to around 20 percent of reserve money under modern mo...
Sri Lanka's excess liquidity in money markets, generated mostly from unprecedented money printing triggering forex short...
Sri Lanka is seeking foreign exchange support from partners who willing to help on a 'non-interventionist' basis and ne...
A 10 billion yuan swap (about 1.5 billion US dollars) with the People's Bank of China could be concluded as early as two...
Sri Lanka's central bank said it was holding its policy corridor at the current 4.5 to 5.5 percent amid negative forward...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 305.1018 | 305.3339 |
| UK Pound | 386.9523 | 387.2371 |
| Euro | 330.8712 | 332.1141 |
| Aus Dollar | 201.0018 | 201.4980 |
| Yen | 2.0266 | 2.0278 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
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Sri Lanka has extended exchange controls introduced after a steep fall in the currency around March and April 2020, in t...
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A new 2000 Sri Lanka rupee banknote will be introduced in 2021 with improved security features, as part of the existing...
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Mortgage loans at a state mandated 7 percent rate given to salaries workers could be used to build houses, purchase a la...
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