The IMF Executive Board completed the Fourth Review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka, providing the country with immediate access to SDR 254 million (about US$350 million) to support Sri Lanka’s economic policies and reforms. This is the fifth tranche Sri Lanka receives under the IMF-EFF and the total IMF financial support disbursed so far, accordingly, increases to SDR 1.27 billion (about US$1.74 billion). The IMF issued the following press release on 03 July 2025, which can be accessed from the link below.

Deflation continued to ease in June 2025. Accordingly, the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100) indicated a marginally lower rate of headline deflation, recording 0.6% in June 2025 compared to the deflation of 0.7% in May 2025.