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Special Data Dissemination Standard [SDDS]
... 2016 248,411 592,699 -58.1 Bank Rs. million 2016 139,955 291,841 -52.0 ... 252.6 293.5 -13.9 Claims on Commercial Banks Rs. billion Sep/17 4.4 3.8 17.1 ...
admin - 28.03.2018 - 08:09
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Domestic Operations - FAQs
... decisions made by the Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank to achieve the key objective of the Central Bank, i.e., domestic price ... to participate in Open Market Operations? All Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs) operating in Sri Lanka are eligible to participate in ...
conedit1 - 02.04.2025 - 16:08
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Policy Rates
... Policy Rate (OPR) is the policy interest rate of the Central Bank under the single policy interest rate mechanism (w.e.f. 27 November 2024). ... The proportion of rupee deposit liabilities that commercial banks are required to maintain as a deposit with the Central Bank. ...
admin - 17.01.2025 - 09:50
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Glossary
... to Credit (in BOS) Indicates the accessibility of bank credit during the current quarter ... market transactions (uncollateralised) between Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs) on a given day, which is computed and published by the ... rupee time deposits held with LCBs. Average Weighted Lending Rate AWLR AWLR is based on interest rates of all outstanding ...
conedit1 - 02.04.2025 - 16:49
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Registered Finance Leasing Establishments
... Contact Details (A) Licensed Commercial Banks 1. Amana Bank PLC 480, Galle Road, Colombo 3 Tel. Fax E-mail ...
admin - 16.01.2025 - 09:19
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Monetary Policy Instruments and Implementation
... Policy Instruments and Implementation The Central Bank possesses a wide range of tools to be used as instruments of monetary ... and the Statutory Reserve Requirement (SRR) on licensed commercial banks’ rupee deposit liabilities. Overnight Policy ...
admin - 27.02.2025 - 10:20
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Introduces Measures to Reduce the Overdependence on the Standing Facilities
... At the same time, it has been observed that several Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs) have continued to depend excessively on the overnight ... under Open Market Operations (OMOs) of the Central Bank without considering market based funding options to address their ...
conedit1 - 09.01.2023 - 08:59
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Monetary Policy Review - August 2016
... month of June 2016. Credit granted to the private sector by commercial banks continued to increase at a significantly high rate of 28.2 per ... to monetary tightening measures adopted by the Central Bank during the first seven months of the year, leading to a sharp upward ...
content_manager - 29.01.2018 - 09:50
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Further Reduces the Statutory Reserve Ratio
The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 16 June 2020, decided to reduce the ... applicable on all rupee deposit liabilities of licensed commercial banks (LCBs) by 200 basis points to 2.00 per cent, with effect from ... cost of funds to the economy without delay, by increasing lending to businesses and households at low cost. The Monetary Board will ...
content_manager - 17.06.2020 - 14:08
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Monetary Policy Review - February 2016
... growth of credit granted to the private sector by commercial banks accelerated during the year, with a growth of 25.1 per cent in ... was at 4.2 per cent in December 2015. The Central Bank’s decision to increase the Statutory Reserve Ratio (SRR) with effect ...
content_manager - 07.01.2019 - 10:59