Economic

මහ බැංකුවෙන් නිවේදනයක්

The Central Bank said it will introduce certain tough measures to bring down the inflation rate to single digits, noting that the 15.1% recorded in February is concerning.

වී තොග සුරැකුම් ලෙස තබාගෙන වී මිලදී ගැනීමට වී අලෙවි මණ්ඩලයට ණය පහසුකම් සපයන ලෙස ජනාධිපති ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ මහතා ලංකා බැංකුව සහ මහජන බැංකුව වෙත උපදෙස් ලබාදී තිබේ.

හෙට්ටිවීදියේ රන් මිල ගණන් මෙන්න

Former Central Bank deputy Governor W.A. Wijewardena opines that that Friday’s rate hike by Central Bank was too short given the soaring inflation.

Post-Article IV Consultation says SL’s outlook subject to large uncertainties with risks tilted to the downside
Stresses economic outlook constrained by debt overhang with public debt rising to unsustainable levels; persistently large fiscal and balance-of-payments financing needs
Reveals GDP growth negatively affected by impact of the FX shortage and macroeconomic imbalances on economic activities and business confidence
Says upside risks include faster-than-expected tourism recovery and stronger-than-projected FDI inflows
Commends prompt policy response and successful vaccination drive to contain COVID spread

Urge Govt. to let market forces take control and communicate long-term plan
Say crisis compounded due to lack of plan and prevailing rate
Warn Sri Lanka may lose reputation as a destination that delivers
Cite lack of raw materials and power impacting production

100 basis points rise; sharpest increase since January 2001 and second in three months
Econsult warns move would cause vicious cycle as hike will push up input costs for productive economy and higher costs will be passed down to consumers as higher prices
Places significant downside risk to SMEs and corporates who are still highly leveraged

Industry experts believe SL could survive with Indian travellers amidst Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sri Lanka has recorded over 200,000 tourists so far this year led by Russians, surpassing the 194,495 received for the entirety of 2021.

ඉස්සරහට රත්තරනුත් ගන්න බැරි වෙයි

Ernst & Young (EY) has signed a Board of Investment (BOI) agreement to set up a 1,000-seat Global Delivery Services centre in Sri Lanka.

වහාම ක්‍රියාත්මක වන පරිදි විනිමය අනුපාතිකයෙහි ඉහළ නම්‍යශීලීභාවයක් සහිතව ගනුදෙනු සිදුකිරීමට වෙළෙඳපොළට ඉඩ සැලසීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහබැංකුව විසින් තීරණය කර තිබේ.

මහ බැංකුවෙන් දැඩි තීරණයක්

වාහනවල මිල ගණන් ජනතාව විශ්වාස නොකරන අයුරුන් ඉහළ යා හැකියි

The Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal on Friday said even before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced their to-do-list, the banking regulator had recommended similar and better proposals to the Government on a number occasions.

රට මේ වනවිට මුහුණ දී සිටින ආර්ථික අර්බුදයට පිළියම් සෙවීම සඳහා ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහබැංකුව විසින් ඉල්ලීම් 8ක් රජය වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කර ඇති බව මහබැංකු අධිපති අජිත් නිවාඩ් කබ්‍රාල් මහතා පවසයි.

The two main gas importing companies, "LAUGFS" and "LITRO" today said they would not be able to import gas, as the local banks do not permit them to open Letters of Credit (LCs), which could eventually lead to a massive gas scarcity in the country.