Annual Economic Review 2025

Preliminary Pages

Contents

List of Acronyms

Key Economic Indicators

Key Social Indicators

Executive Summary

Snapshot of the Sri Lankan Economy - 2025

Chapters

1. Macroeconomic Developments

2. Condition of the Financial System

3. Review of the Central Bank’s Policies

4. Macroeconomic Outlook

Box Articles

1. Recent Deflation Episode in Sri Lanka

2. Addressing Data Gaps in Private Sector Wage Dynamics Using EPF Based Formal Sector Wage Rate Index

3. Banking Sector Consolidation for Promoting Resilience and Stability in the Banking Sector

4. Monetary and Fiscal Policy Coordination in Sri Lanka

5. Strengthening the Price Discovery Mechanism in the Domestic Foreign Exchange Market in Sri Lanka

Featured Box Article – Major Economic Policy Measures Implemented by or Related to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka

Featured Charts

1.1.   Services and Non-Services Inflation Dynamics

1.2.   Distribution of Price Pressures Across CCPI Components

1.3.   Expansion in Solar Power Generation

1.4.   Tenor-wise Distribution of Private Sector Credit by LCBs

1.5.   Rebalancing Domestic Credit: Public vs. Private Sector Dynamics

1.6.   Expenditure on Fuel Imports

1.7.   Relaxation of Motor Vehicle Import Restrictions and Import Trends

1.8.   Sri Lanka’s Earnings from Tourism

1.9.   Progress on the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Fund Facility (IMF-EFF) Programme

1.10. Improving Fiscal Performance Reflected in Key Indicators

4.1    Recent Economic Shocks in Sri Lanka: Uncertainty is the New Normal

Major Economic Policy Measures Implemented by or Related to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (Detailed Web Version)

Statistical Appendix (PDF of the Printed version and Detailed Web version in Excel format can be accessed through this link)

Special Statistical Appendix (PDF of the Printed version and Detailed Web version in Excel format can be accessed through this link)