The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) wishes to provide the following information to investors and the general public on the progress made by the CBSL and the Government in securing foreign exchange inflows as announced in the Six-Month Road Map for Ensuring Macroeconomic and Financial System Stability.

The CBSL and the Government have commenced a series of direct engagements with other Governments, Central Banks, financial institutions and investors.

Headline inflation, as measured by the year-onyear (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100)1, decreased to 6.2 per cent in September 2021 from 6.7 per cent in August 2021. This decline was entirely due to the statistical effect of the high base prevailed in September 2020. Meanwhile, Food inflation (Y-oY) decreased to 10.0 per cent in September 2021 from 11.1 per cent in August 2021, while NonFood inflation (Y-o-Y) remained unchanged at 3.0 per cent in September 2021.