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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka will shortly impose deposit margins on letters of credit to curtail imports, Central Bank Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.“From this monetary policy decision we have re-imposed letter of Credit margin requirement, where all non-essential item importers will have to put money in advance to open LCs., “Governor Weerasinghe said.The circular has already be...
[…]The post A Postscript To Political Crisis: A Way Out appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- An Exit Strategy From The Crisis: Agenda For Shared Revival Of Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president, PM, opposition leader support proposed UN-monitored reforms: Victor Ivan (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President delivers Government’s policy statement in Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Proposed Enactment Of The Economic Transformation Bill (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Sixth (Mis)adventure: An Indisputable Reason For The ‘Aragalaya’ To Stay Alive appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Political Robber Barons Fear The Rejuvenated ‘Aragala’ Spirit! (Category: Breaking News)
- Why I Don’t Support The Aragalaya (Category: Breaking News)
- The Operation Successful But The Patient Died? Not If People Stand Up! (Category: Breaking News)
- Recent Political Violence And Its Consequences (Category: Breaking News)
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at the current...Click on the headline to read the full story
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at the current levels of 13.50 per cent and 14.50 per cent, respectively.
Policy undermined by printing money for state workers
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka maintains policy interest rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka policy rate unchanged amid slowing private credit (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka expects inflation to slow, rates unchanged (Category: Breaking News)
- Central Bank of Sri Lanka threatens administrative measures over high market interest rates (Category: Breaking News)
US investment bank JPMorgan backed Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit Government bonds, saying recent political changes in the country should gradually improve its strains and help its talks with the International Monetary Fund. Adding an ‘overweight’ – effectively a buy recommendation – JPMorgan analysts said: “political stability should pave the way for bonds to move high...
- Police fire tear gas on protesting university students (Category: Breaking News)
- Key operations come to a halt in support of hartal (Category: Breaking News)
- Horu Go Gama established near Parliament (Category: Breaking News)
- Litro insists it has sufficient gas stocks (Category: Breaking News)
If we do not pay the IMF, World Bank that money will also not come: Sabry
- Sri Lanka could get US$6.0bn from India, talks with Japan: Coomaraswamy (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka in talks with India for US$1bn swap, expects US$1.5n from ACU (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka seeks US$500mn credit from India (Category: Breaking News)
- Economy recovering from flood impact - IMF (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore Didn’t? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Modern Monetary Theory: Keynesianism In An Old Bottle? (Category: Breaking News)
The current crisis is having far-reaching implications on the ability of women and girls to live in dignity
- More effective mechanism needed to regulate gender-based violence on digital platforms – Women P... (Category: Breaking News)
- Legislative roundup, Jan. 30, 2021 (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- Police: Yakima serial groper returns (Category: USA, Washington)
- Rapes and molestations of women rising in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
To pay the ships we will take action to buy dollars from the free market
- Rent costs plunge (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
- Production Base (Category: Business)
- Duopoly (Category: Business)
- Top end loses its way (Category: Australia, Queensland)
We have to keep in mind that printing money will depreciate the rupee
- Overshooting (Category: Business)
- Forex Policy (Category: Business)
- Forex Trend (Category: Business)
- Sri Lankan Rupee ends firmer against USD (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka’s Hatton National Bank said profits grew 4 percent to 4.9 billion rupees in the March 2022 quarter
- Sri Lanka’s NTB profits down 12-pct in March quarter (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s People’s Leasing net down 37-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka LOLC Holdings net up 440-pct in March (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank’s Profit down by 4.9-pct (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post A Prescription For Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- The National List & The House Of Duds (Category: Breaking News)
- The Govt.’s ‘Independents’ & The Vote On The Opposition’s NCMs (Category: Breaking News)
- Important But Imperfect: Recommendations On The Draft 21st Amendment To The Constitution Bill (Category: Breaking News)
- Is Unelected President Ranil A Vicious Hypocrite? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Masks Of Democracy & Energy Geopolitics: Is Full Spectrum Dominance The Endgame? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Staged Default & Sovereign Bond Debt Trap? IMF’s Spring Meetings Amid Hybrid Cold War (Category: Breaking News)
- Ripples In The Indian Ocean: Yuan Wang 5 & Easter Sunday 2019 (Category: Breaking News)
- IMF, Sri Lanka’s Resource Curse & Privatization Of The Central Bank (Category: Breaking News)
- Gota Back In The USA & A Chilling Killing: Welcome To 2023 A (Virtual) Realty In A Post-Truth Wo... (Category: Breaking News)
Stability of foreign exchange rates was in their eyes a mischief, not a blessing
- Rupee edges higher after rate hike (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka see more foreign interest in rupee bonds (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank deep in debt, dollar shortages at ‘guidance’ rate : Wijewardena (Category: Breaking News)
- Steve Hanke on currency boards and flawed pegs amid Sri Lanka meltdown (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Minister Wickremesinghe says the Government is facing an immediate challenge of securing funds to pay for the fuel requirement for this coming week. He said that due to the dollar shortages in the banks, the Government is now exploring other options of securing the necessary funding. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with […]
- Vesak Day at GotaGoGama (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesting against a hidden deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Police fire tear gas and water cannons on IUSF students (Category: Breaking News)
- Protest march held to mark 50 days of Galle Face struggle (Category: Breaking News)
It will then be presented to the cabinet of ministers for approval, the PM’s office said in a statement.
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
When the country is in dire straits, all the people's representatives must work together immediately for a solution
- Buddhist extremists in Sri Lanka attack controversial Buddhist monk (Category: Breaking News)
- This is the second vesak since the Dawn of Peace in SL (Category: Breaking News)
- Buddhist temples were constructed in the areas which were released by the Army recently (Category: Breaking News)
- A very special lizard, bless him (Category: Australia, Tasmania )
[…]The post Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Ranil-Rajapaksa Dilemmas: Push Back On Basil Or Risk Leaving Like Gota (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil-Gota Twosome: One Gone, The Other Is Acting Up (Category: Breaking News)
- Mahinda Should Have Retired After Two Terms: Chamal Rajapaksa – Gota Should Resign Now! (Category: Breaking News)
- Whither Lanka? (Category: Breaking News)
In the next few weeks we will face the most difficult time
- Sri Lanka continues monetary financing of imports, pegging after ‘running out’ of reserves (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank busts US$9.8bn since Feb 2020 to suppress rates, for stimulus (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank US$4.0bn in debt by March 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka infotech, mobile telephony in a fix after import ban (Category: Breaking News)
"I also wish to inform you that we will extend our support as a responsible opposition to correct decisions."
- Conviction Concern (Category: Business)
- Sri Lanka Opposition Leader calls on President (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Opposition Leader questions the planned extension of the parliamentary complex (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress may withdraw support to the government over the Dambulla mosque issue (Category: Breaking News)
"Every day that passes, the future of this country is put at greater risk."
- Sri Lanka's cash crisis could overshadow tour (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka president urges ‘courage’ on National Day (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's main opposition says country moving from crisis to crisis (Category: Breaking News)
- FEB officials Jordan bound to settle worker dispute (Category: Breaking News)
Prime Lending Rates top 19 percent in May after rate corrections
- Sri Lanka to impose LC deposit margins to discourage imports (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka managing without bridging finance using current inflows: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will have to manage with available dollar inflows, not bridging finance: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka import controls are temporary: CB Governor (Category: Breaking News)
“After I speak to [friendly nations], there will be help coming from there. They won’t allow people to starve.”
- SL must help toward peaceful settlement in the Maldives: Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Easter Attacks: Sri Lanka to seek assistance of UK Government & intelligence over Easter Sunday ... (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka will not allow anything harmful to India’s security – President Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil to cut short UK visit (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka launched the Sri Lanka Green Finance Taxonomy at the John Exter International Conference Hall of the Central Bank on 06 May 2022.
- Rate Controversy (Category: Business)
- Overshooting (Category: Business)
- Swap Boost (Category: Business)
- Currency Credit (Category: Business)
Island under emergency after inflation hit 30-pct and the currency collapses to 380 to dollar from 200
- Government land policy is fair- Keheliya (Category: Breaking News)
- Bond Auction (Category: Business)
- ‘SL will implement home-grown solution’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Flavour (Category: Business)
Up to February US$85mn flows into stocks
- State offers funds for those struggling with rent, mortgage due to COVID-19 (Category: USA, Iowa)
- State offers funds for those struggling with rent, mortgage due to COVID-19 (Category: USA, Iowa)
- State offers funds for those struggling with rent, mortgage due to COVID-19 (Category: USA, Iowa)
- State offers funds for those struggling with rent, mortgage due to COVID-19 (Category: USA, Iowa)
If there is not enough money the central bank has to monetize it
- Sri Lanka’s CEB owes Rs26bn to renewable IPPs (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka CPC pays rupees to Treasury for Indian credit line (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka has to print money for state salaries, weakening rupee: Prime Minister (Category: Breaking News)
- Not possible to print ballot papers as no funds received – Government Printer (Category: Breaking News)
Wickremesinghe made PM for the 6th time
- No difference between Govt. and LTTE - Ranil (Category: Breaking News)
- No difference between Govt. and LTTE - Ranil . (Category: Breaking News)
- Hardware, software and computer jilmaat (Category: Breaking News)
- Because Karuna who bombed the Dalada Maligawa is now a powerful Sri Lanka Govt. Minister, bombi... (Category: Breaking News)
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