The “Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka – 2019” an annual publication of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, is now available for public access.

This publication contains economic and social indicators of Sri Lanka in the areas of national accounts, agriculture, industry, external trade and finance, government finance, banking and financial institutions, money and capital markets, prices and wages, population and labour force, transportation, education, health, telecommunication services, climate and selected information on economic and social indicators of other countries.

The statistics in this publication have been presented in time series / cross sectional basis to serve the diverse needs of users, such as entrepreneurs, policy makers, researchers, teachers, students and the general public.

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, acting in terms of the Regulations made under the Registered Stock and Securities Ordinance and the Local Treasury Bills Ordinance, has decided to extend the suspension of business and activities of the Primary Dealer Unit of Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC (PABC) for a period of six months with effect from 10.00 a.m. on 15th August 2019, in order to continue the investigations being conducted by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

The Central Bank wishes to emphasize that this regulatory action suspends PABC’s access to the primary auctions for government securities. It does not affect any of the other activities/services of PABC.