Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index for Construction (PMI – Construction), as indicated by the Total Activity Index,   rebounded to 59.7 in May 2025. Most of the survey respondents mentioned that construction activities regained momentum in May, recovering from the slowdown in the April festive season.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), co-hosted the high-level conference on ‘Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery: Debt and Governance’ on 16 June 2025 at the Shangri-La Colombo. The event brought together key policymakers, global stakeholders, as well as private sector and civil society representatives, to deliberate on Sri Lanka’s recovery under the IMF-supported reform programme.