Amidst elevated market lending rates, private sector credit contracted notably: CBSL
May 31, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank on Friday said the market lending rates remained downward rigid, despite the measures already taken while …
May 31, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank on Friday said the market lending rates remained downward rigid, despite the measures already taken while …
May 29, 2019 (LBO) – The World Bank has offered 250 million US dollars worth policy based guarantee to Sri Lanka for the external borrowings, the Central …
May 29, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lankan rupee appreciated against the US dollar by 3.8 percent by end March 2019 compared to end 2018. “Along with the …
May 27, 2019 (LBO) – First Capital Research has allocated a 95 percent probability for a policy rate cut in May 2019 as they are of the view that policy …
May 18, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 7,212.7 million US dollars by the end of April, down from 7,621.9 million US dollars in …
May 17, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank said it is committed to rebuild reserves and allow the exchange rate to function as the first line of defense …
Apr 29, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank expects the lending rates to reduce by around 200 basis points to SMEs in the near term that would …
Apr 08, 2019 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank today said that they are of the view that, if the current trends in global financial markets, trade …
Apr 08, 2019 (LBO) – Monetary Board of Sri Lanka’s Central Bank at its meeting held today decided to maintain policy interest rates at their current …
Apr 05, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 7,621.9 million US dollars by the end of March, up from 6,035.16 million US dollars in …
Apr 02, 2019 (LBO) – First Capital Research allocates a 50 percent probability for a policy rate cut in Apr 2019 as they are of the view that policy …
Mar 26, 2019 (LBO) – The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will open a counter at the ground floor of the Central Bank head office building, No.30, Janadhipathi …
Mar 19, 2019 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka rupee ended firmer at 178.25/40 to the US dollar Monday compared to Friday’s close of 178.40/55 while shares were …
Mar 12, 2019 (LBO) – Achieving Sri Lanka’s deficit and debt targets will be challenging without a significant increase in fiscal policy …
Mar 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves were 6,005.5 million US dollars by the end of February, down from 6,152.2 million US dollars in …
Mar 07, 2019 (LBO) – Moody’s Investors Service has today assigned a B2 rating to the Government of Sri Lanka’s senior unsecured US …
Mar 07, 2019 (LBO) – Fitch Ratings has assigned Sri Lanka’s upcoming US dollar-denominated bonds an expected rating of ‘B (EXP)’. The …
Mar 01, 2019 (LBO) – A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reached an understanding at the staff level with the Sri Lankan authorities …
Feb 25, 2019 (LBO) – Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global policy setter on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism …
Feb 22, 2019 (LBO) – Projections of the Central Bank indicates that inflation is likely to remain in the desired 4 – 6 percent range in 2019 and …