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(Srilankamirror) -The International Monetary Fund says it is encouraged by Sri Lanka's monetary and exchange rate policy changes amid a sharp drop in foreign exchange reserves and significant widening of the current account deficit. "There was broad agreement that a decisive policy
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said it was encouraged by Sri Lanka's monetary and exchange rate policy changes amid a sharp drop in foreign exchange reserves and significant...
Sri Lanka said Tuesday it did not need the final tranche of a $2.6-billion IMF bailout thanks to the country's healthy foreign exchange reserves.
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka said Tuesday it did not need the final tranche of a $2.6-billion IMF bailout thanks to the country's healthy foreign exchange reserves. The loan was granted in 2009 by the International Monetary Fund just after the end of the country's bloody ethnic civil war
- Foreign reserves level could stop IMF loan – Dr. de Silva (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka says doesn't need IMF money (Category: Breaking News)
- SL does not need IMF money (Category: Breaking News)
- SL does not need IMF money, Cabraal (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka said Tuesday it did not need the final tranche of a $2.6-billion IMF bailout thanks to the countrys healthy foreign exchange reserves.
Sri Lanka said Tuesday it did not need the final tranche of a $2.6-billion IMF bailout thanks to the country's healthy foreign exchange reserves.
Treasury (T) Bill weighted average yields (WAYs) at last week’s weekly primary auction remained unchanged for the third consecutive week, last week, but those are not market determined yields, a market source told this reporter. Even in the case of US Treasuries, yields move at least one or two basis points (bps) up or down, ...
- Money Market’s Illiquid Status Deepens (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee Strengthens, But Illiquid Status Worsens (Category: Breaking News)
- Reflections Of Low Economic Activity (Category: Breaking News)
- Fresh shock in forex market as rupee breaks 132 barrier to hit a month low (Category: Business)
(Srilankamirror) - The Central Bank said Sri Lanka's foreign reserves slipped 11.8 percent to 7,095 million US dollars by end September from a month earlie. The central bank said reserves were equivalent to 4.6 months of imports. Sri Lanka has a dollar soft peg, where the central bank tries to control both the exchange rate and the interest rates, LBO reports.
- Inflation eases to 7% in August, core inflation in sharp fall (Category: Breaking News)
- Increase in new vehicle registrations (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka's Central Bank spends US$1.1bn in three months (Category: Breaking News)
- Data Mine (Category: Business)
Resumes Reverse Repo Auctions A liquidity crisis in the market forced Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) to reintroduce the reverse repo auction at Wednesday’s trading, an action which it last resorted to when the war was on; two years ago. The auction was repeated in the last two working days of last week as ...
- Rupee Strengthens, But Illiquid Status Worsens (Category: Breaking News)
- Money Market’s Illiquid Status Deepens (Category: Breaking News)
- Money Market, ER Management, Full Marks To CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Losing Out On $ Sales (Category: Breaking News)
CBSL’s ER Stance As long as Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) owned Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has sufficient rupee liquidity and foreign exchange (forex) reserves, it can play around with the exchange rate (ER), a banker told this reporter. CBSL’s gross official forex reserves as per available statistics were US$ ($) 8.1 billion ...
- Money Market, ER Management, Full Marks To CBSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Rupee Strengthens, But Illiquid Status Worsens (Category: Breaking News)
- Cabraal Soothes Rates At ER’s Expense (Category: Breaking News)
- CBSL Rekindles War Memories (Category: Breaking News)
By Dr. S. Narapalasingam The current moves of the powerful government in post-war Sri Lanka are mainly for sustaining the wartime military strength, preventing the resurrection of the smashed LTTE and developing the infrastructures, notably the roads and rail network,...
- Pro-poor growth and Economic growth in Sri Lanka - A critical analysis (Category: Breaking News)
- ‘Lions’ and the ‘Tigers’ of Sovereign Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
- “Connecting People to Prosperity” in Sri Lanka. A reality check with “Mahinda Chinthanaya” (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Are The Structural Changes Necessary? (Category: Breaking News)
COLOMBO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's gross foreign exchange reserves have risen to a record high, the central bank said on Thursday, thanks to a $1 billion inflow from the island nation's 10-year sovereign bond sale last week.
Fitch Ratings today (21) affirmed Sri Lanka’s long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘B+’, and simultaneously revised the Outlook to ‘Positive from Stable’. Following is the full text published by Fitch on Sri Lanka: Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Sri Lanka’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ...
- Fitch Affirms Sri Lanka at ‘BB-’; Outlook Stable (Category: Breaking News)
- Appropriate actions prompt Fitch to affirm Sri Lanka at ‘BB-’; Outlook Stable (Category: Business)
- Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s long-term local-currency IDR to ‘CC’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Ministry: Ground Situ In Japan Returning To Normal (Category: Breaking News)
The Central Bank has said that the remittances made by expatriate Sri Lankans have steadily increased. The foreign Exchange reserves have increased by 3.8 billion US dollars since the country was liberated from terrorism. Financial aid received by people in the North and East, as well as sustained
Sri Lanka may not tap loans from the International Monetary Fund immediately as foreign-exchange reserves have climbed to a record, Deputy Finance Minister Sarath Amunugama said.
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