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1. Statement by Deshamanya Professor W D Lakshman, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on Foreign Currency Liquidity in the Domestic Market

   ... individuals and media about an assumed shortage of foreign currency liquidity in the domestic market, preventing banks from facilitating ... seen increased amounts of financial flows at concessionary rates to support real sector activity. Private sector entities are expected to ...

   conedit1 - 28.06.2021 - 20:10

2. Special Data Dissemination Standard [SDDS]

   ... Sep/17 776.2 745.8 4.1   Interest Rates Metadata Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR)/Repo Rate ... 7,279.84 7,693.55 -5.4   Foreign Currency Reserves US $ million Sep/17 6,286.80 6,688.00 ...

   admin - 28.03.2018 - 08:09

3. Central Bank suspends Money Changing permit issued to Prasanna Money Exchange (Pvt) Ltd

   ... Money Exchange (Pvt) Ltd is offering higher exchange rates, the Department of Foreign Exchange of the Central Bank conducted an ... exchange rates and thereby attempted to purchase foreign currency from its customers at higher rates than the exchange rates offered to ...

   tmadmin - 31.03.2022 - 16:27

4. Special Deposit Account with an Additional Interest

   ... equals or less than USD 15,000) d.    Out of foreign currency notes in the possession of any person in, or resident in, Sri Lanka, ... deposits so continued will be eligible only for the interest rates offered by the respective Authorized Dealer for normal term deposits. ...

   conedit1 - 13.07.2021 - 16:19

5. Government Securities Market

   ... Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds Market Domestic currency debt is mainly raised by the Government of Sri Lanka for budgetary ... credit market. In addition, changes in the volumes and rates in the Treasury bill market affect the cost, profitability and liquidity ...

   admin - 24.03.2023 - 15:25

6. Extension of the validity period to open Special Deposit Accounts and permission to retain funds held in such accounts in Sri Lanka

   ... the country and the resultant positive impact on the foreign currency reserve position of the country and the overall economy, GOSL has ... as normal deposits will be eligible only for the interest rates offered by the Authorized Dealers for normal term deposits of the ...

   conedit1 - 01.12.2020 - 16:39

7. Objectives

   ... Domestic Price stability safeguards the value of the currency in terms of what it will purchase at home. Price stability or stable ... when inflation is low and is expected to be low. Interest rates are also low in these conditions. Such an environment allows an economy ...

   admin - 20.02.2024 - 11:36

8. Archived Publications

   ... The publication describes the history of coins and currency in the island. Available only in printed form in English. ... the significance of nominal and real effective exchange rates and different exchange rate regimes. Also, provides and overview of the ...

   conedit1 - 26.11.2019 - 09:47

9. Monetary Policy Review - No. 1 of 2022

   ... effect from 01 February 2022 and introduce higher interest rates for both foreign currency and rupee denominated deposits of migrant workers. FULL TEXT ...

   conedit1 - 20.01.2022 - 12:18

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