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Sri Lanka is to seek assistance from Paris Club lenders and the G7, Minister of Foreign Affairs Professor G.L. Peiris said. Foreign Minister Peiris requested continued support from Japan, both bilaterally and through multilateral channels, to mitigate the economic challenges in Sri Lanka. Minister Peiris explained that the Government of Sri Lanka will seek assistance […]
Sri Lanka has sought assistance from the World Bank until long term assistance materializes through the International Monetary Fund (IMF). World Bank Country Manager in Colombo, Chiyo Kanda, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister
Ambassador Chung has stated that the United States will continue to support Sri Lanka during its difficult time
The central bank is now borrowing mainly through the ACU
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has assured full independence to the Central Bank following a meeting with Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe, his office said.President Rajapaksa met Governor Weerasinghe and Monetary Board member Sanjeeva Jayawardena and assured “his fullest and unqualified assurance of freedom to discharge their functions independently and with...
Possibility of increasing and restructuring the assistance provided by India in the form of credits
Investors are waiting for cues from budget proposals, new government's policies to achieve stability
Sri Lanka's prime minister said Thursday that he will quickly prepare an economic reform program and seek approval from the International Monetary Fund - because global inflation and the financial...Click on the headline to read the full story
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team has concluded a virtual mission to Sri Lanka during which it was noted that Sri Lanka must give an assurance that debt sustainability will be restored. The IMF team led by Peter Breuer and Masahiro Nozaki conducted a virtual mission with the Sri Lankan
IMF has advised Sri Lanka top seek debt restructuring as early as in April 2020, officials have told a parliament panel
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it will formulate concrete measures under an IMF-supported program and broader stakeholders to support a timely resolution for the ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka.
The International Monetary Fund said it made “good progress” in analyzing Sri Lanka’s economic situation and identifying policy priorities, while cautioning that a loan would require adequate...Click on the headline to read the full story
Sri Lanka is looking to fast-track talks with the International Monetary Fund and agree on a loan by mid-June so that it can then approach other lenders for urgently needed funds.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will strongly support Sri Lanka on debt restructuring, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says.
They brought the proposal (in 2020) that Financial Advisors have to be appointed to make debt sustainable.
Sri Lanka is looking to fast-track talks with the International Monetary Fund and agree on a loan by mid-June so that it can then approach other lenders for urgently needed funds.The post Sri...Click on the headline to read the full story
By Easwaran Rutnam The United Kingdom (UK) is in talks with Paris Club members on potential solutions to Sri Lanka’s unsustainable debt. The Paris Club is a group of officials from major creditor countries whose role is to find co-ordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary at […]
By Easwaran Rutnam The Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) has proposed appointing a special Parliament Select Committee to probe the causes behind the economic crisis. COPE has also proposed investigating the officials and others who neglected their duties and are responsible for the crisis. The proposal was made at the COPE meeting held today. COPE […]
No request has been made to return to central bank
“What the international community is looking for is long-term policy credibility and sustainability."
Until an adequate macroeconomic policy framework is in place, the World Bank does not plan to offer new financing
The USAID will closely work with other donors such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, G7 countries, and other stakeholders to support Sri Lanka during this extraordinarily difficult period, the agency s administrator Samantha Power has assured Prime Minister Ranil
Experts say, “The lack of cooperation by Beijing would complicate the debt recovery journey of Sri Lanka”. The magnitude of the economic crisis that Sri Lanka is facing has reached catastrophic proportions. The whole world is astounded by the rampant mismanagement beyond the comprehension of anybody. Once an economic model of Asia, is now reeling […]
Cabraal has been prevented leaving the country from April 7
The President SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik on Sunday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to work out on timely bail out package to put defaulting Sri Lanka, a...Click on the headline to read the full story
Nairobi [Kenya], May 20 (ANI): Kenya’s debt obligations towards China have shot up by a staggering 135.15 per cent in the last one year on the back of Chinese-funded infrastructure projects in the African country. Expenditure data published this week by the Treasury shows the amount repaid to Chinese lenders has surged by 135.15 per […]
By Nick Beake Billions of dollars of Chinese money are boosting some European economies – but some of the deals being struck have a catch. Critics say they are “debt traps”, where China gets to choose what happens if loans aren’t repaid. China insists it is a reliable investment partner – but it is also […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Sri Lanka style protests could break out in other countries if there is no proper Government support. Governments need to subsidise the cost of food and energy for the poorest members of society, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF
Money printing triggers excess outflows, forcing the currency down and triggering parallel exchange rates
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