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Sri Lanka’s stock market, once a darling of investors, has seen its value plummet 26% in the past year and now faces a crisis of confidence after its regulator quit in a storm of controversy. The tiny bourse became the world’s top gainer soon after the country ended decades of ethnic war, but three years later ...
24th August 2012 Dr. P. B. Jayasundera, Secretary to the Treasury, Ministry of Finance & Planning The Secretariat, Colombo 1. Dear Dr. Jayasundera, Establishment of a Financial Services Authority and a Banking and Finance Commission I suggest for your consideration that you duly evaluate the long-term national economic benefits of enhancing effective fiscal management capability ...
(Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund has urged Sri Lanka to focus more on sales to India and China to boost its faltering exports and support economic growth. Sri Lanka's exports accounted for 17.8 percent of gross domestic product last year, slumping from 33 percent in 2001
Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the eighth and final ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday cleared Sri Lanka’s final tranche under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), approving a disbursement of US$415 million, and making it a final sum total of $2.5 billion.The Fund however noted that there is a slowdown in economic activity and declining
Sri Lanka has succeeded in reaching the economic targets expected by the International Monetary Fund. Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabral said that the IMF had made this reference during a visit to Sri Lanka before the granting of final tranche. Mr. Cabral said that Sri Lanka has met all June
Sri Lanka should be careful about the inflationary effects of liquidity created by large foreign exchange swaps with the Central Bank, an International Monetary Fund official said.
Sri Lankan government has had discussions with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for fresh financial assistance, which will be discussed in detail in September, IMF officials said. "There's a possibility of (IMF) extending further financial assistance - similar to the current Stand
What is corporate governance? According to the World Bank Corporate governance is “the system by which companies are directed and controlled”. It involves the balance of powers among three key corporate constituencies: the board of directors, which is charged with monitoring, overseeing, and guiding the company; the shareholders, who invest their funds in the company’s ...
Sri Lanka has got another US$ 426.8 million from the International Monetary Fund under the ongoing stand-by arrangement the country has with the agency. The money, which is equivalent to 275.6 million SDR comes following the IMF completing its seventh review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved another tranche of US$426.8 million to Sri Lanka under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA-loan), in a welcome injection to the country’s once, strong foreign reserves. This came after the board of executive directors approved the seventh review
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday completed the seventh review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance under a program supported by a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR
The Executive Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meets tomorrow (Monday) for a crucial session to decide on the final tranche of a US$2.6 billion loan to Sri Lanka. The board will be considering the seventh review of an IMF mission that visited Sri Lanka last month ahead
(Bloomberg): Sri Lanka doesn’t need to further tighten monetary policy for now even though an increase in fuel and transportation costs and a weakening currency may stoke inflation, the head of the central bank said. The central bank’s rate increase earlier this month will have a “demand-driven impact” and help moderate inflation, its Governor Ajith ...
Sri Lanka’s benchmark stock index, the world’s worst performer this year, may extend its slump as the central bank raises interest rates to curb inflation, according to HSBC Holdings Plc’s private banking unit. HSBC Private Bank, which oversees about $499 billion, will wait for stock valuations to fall to “single digit” multiples before it considers ...
Whatever planetary conjunctions may come into formation two Full Moons before the Sinhala New Year for President Mahinda Rajapaka and his clan, the economic and political clouds are already gathering ominously over this usually sunny isle. The alleged war crimes allegations have come around for the third time this year in a vicious form. US ...
Feb 10, Colombo: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed the decision taken by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to stop intervening in the rupee exchange rate and allow the market to determine the rate instead.
(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
Feb 03, Colombo: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commended the Sri Lanka Central Bank's to raise the monetary and exchange policy rates and the government's commitment to reduce the budget deficit.
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...
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
It will not draw last tranche of US$800mil due to high interest rate by the global lender Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due
The Central Bank has opted not to draw $800 million, the final balance of the International Monetary Fund’s Standby Arrangement as the interest rates are high, CB Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said. He made the observation when President Mahinda Rajapaksa met with Foreign correspondence
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central bank said.
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, which is locked in a row with the International Monetary Fund over its exchange rate policy, will not draw the remaining US$800mil of a US$2.6bil loan from the global lender due to the high interest rate, the governor of the central...