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External Sector Performance - May 2025

The external sector of Sri Lanka strengthened further in May 2025, with a continued monthly surplus in the current account. Healthy inflows of workers’ remittances were observed, offsetting a widening trade deficit.

CCPI based deflation eases further in June 2025

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.

Sri Lanka PMI - Construction rebounded in May 2025

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.

Advertisements Promoting Overseas Property Investments

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has recently observed advertisements published in the print and social media that promote overseas investments in immoveable properties (overseas property investments) among Sri Lankan resident individuals. Such advertisements also offer guidance on obtaining foreign financing for such investments. 

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Ministry of Finance, and the International Monetary Fund Co-host the Conference on Sri Lanka’s Road to Recovery: Debt and Governance

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.

SL Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – May 2025

Purchasing Managers’ Indices indicate improvements in both Manufacturing and Services activities in May 2025.

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01.07.2025 Open Market Operations - 01 July 2025
30.06.2025 External Sector Performance - May 2025
30.06.2025 Inflation in June 2025 - CCPI
30.06.2025 Sri Lanka Purchasing Managers’ Index (Construction) - May 2025
30.06.2025 Open Market Operations - 30 June 2025
30.06.2025 Treasury Bond Issuance held on 27 June 2025

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T-bills and T-bonds Primary Auction Calendar

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Notices

27.06.2025 Rs. 113,000 million Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on 02nd July 2025
26.06.2025 Calling for bids for media buying services for the “Collective digital payments promotion campaign by banks - 2025”
24.06.2025 Issue of Rs.295,000 million Treasury Bonds
22.06.2025 Expression of Interest (EOIs) for Procurement of Services for Revamping the Internal Communication Platform of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
20.06.2025 Rs. 65,000 million Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on 25th June 2025
15.06.2025 Calling bids for the purchase and removal of obsolete, used, unserviceable and surplus items stored at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

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