Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka motor vehicle imports fell 29-pct in April; trade gap shrinks
Aug 01, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports fell 0.9 percent to 706.6 million US dollars in April 2016, while imports fell at a faster 2.0 percent to 1,460.9 million US dollars from a year earlier, official data showed. The trade gap has also shrunk 2.9 percent to 754.3 million US dollars from a year […]
Sri Lanka has demand for higher yielding financial instruments: Nandalal
Aug 01, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Deputy Governor says there is an ample demand among insurance companies, provident funds and other institutional investors in the country for higher yielding new financial instruments. Delivering a keynote address, Deputy Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe highlighted that Sri Lanka needs to further deepen the corporate debt market […]
Sri Lankan rupee steady in dull trade; bond holders book profit
Aug 01, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee was steady in thin-volume trade on Monday as the market waited to watch the impact of last week’s policy rate hike announcement, while some bond holders sold their stakes to book profits, dealers said. After market hours on Thursday, the central bank raised its key interest rates […]
PTL Watch: Yields tick higher, demand for sovereign bond
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Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank profits Rs1 bln, flat in June quarter
Aug 01, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Seylan Bank group recorded a net profit of one billion rupees in the June 2016 quarter up 1 percent from the same period last year, a filing with the stock exchange showed. The group reported earnings of 3.08 rupees per share for the quarter up 1 percent from […]
Deshal explains what is wrong with Sri Lankan economy
Aug 01, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s most urgent economic risk is external debt sustainability and it has been one driving factor behind macroeconomic volatility in the country, a young economist said. Deshal de Mel delivering a public lecture hosted by the think tank Advocata Institute said the legacy of access to long term concessional […]
‘s economic reforms
Aug 01, 2016 (LBO) – The World Bank Board has approved a 100 million dollar credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support the Government of Sri Lanka’s economic reform program. “Sri Lanka has been making steady progress on economic reforms, with the government aiming to create one million new jobs through a reform […]
Mobitel explores acquisition of Etisalat: report
Aug 01, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Mobitel intends to explore acquisition of Etisalat, after the Cabinet Committee on Economic Matters said it could carry out a due diligence prior to negotiations between the mobile companies, a media report said. A Committee is already looking into the proposed acquisition of Hutch, the fourth mobile phone […]
‘s Merchant property sale for amalgamation
July 29, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing and Finance says it will amalgamate with People’s Merchant Finance within this financial year subject to two conditions, the company said. In a stock exchange filing, People’s Leasing and Finance said the first condition is the sale of People’s Merchant Finance property located at Nawam Mawatha, […]
Sri Lanka’s CCPI inflation down 0.5-pct points in July 2016
July 29, 2016 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo has accelerated 5.5 percent in July 2016 from a year earlier, down from 6.0 percent in June with the inflation index gaining 0.2 percent in the month, the state statistics office said. Year on year inflation of Food Group has decreased from 8.2 […]
Sri Lanka foreign reserves USD6.4 bln in July: CB official
July 29, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s official reserves were 6.4 billion US dollars at the end of July, up from 5.27 billion US dollars at the end of June, a central bank official said on Friday. Reserves were boosted by a dual-tranche sovereign bond offering this month of 500 million dollars through 5.5-year sovereign […]
‘s rate hike partly due to fiscal slippage on VAT: Coomaraswamy
July 29, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 50 basis point rate hike on Thursday was partly due to fiscal slippage arising from a delay in hiking the value added tax, Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said. Sri Lanka budgeted for a two percentage points of GDP reduction in the budget deficit this year, but delays to a […]