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Research Conference Proceedings
... Full Text Presentation Spillover of Exchange Rate Misalignment : Case of Nepal from India Suresh Kumar ... Guidance Rules and the Zero Lower Bound on Nominal Interest Rates in a Cost Channel Economy Lasitha R C Pathberiya Abstract ...
admin - 14.05.2025 - 10:44
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The Central Bank Responds to Misleading News Reports on Future Interest Rate Movements
... the Central Bank is expecting a rise in domestic interest rates in the period ahead. The reasons cited in the said reports for such ... is expected to be short lived. In fact, the foreign exchange market has already stabilised while speculation in the government ...
content_manager - 08.03.2018 - 15:27
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Monetary Policy Review - September 2016
... the government helped to stabilise the domestic foreign exchange market. Reflecting these developments, gross official reserves were ... to 28.2 per cent in the previous month. Market interest rates, which increased in response to monetary tightening measures of the ...
content_manager - 29.01.2018 - 09:42
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Monetary Policy Review - No. 1 of 2018
... is appropriate and decided to maintain the policy interest rates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka at their present levels. The ... commodities in the international market and the flexible exchange rate policy maintained by the Central Bank. However, drought related ...
content_manager - 09.10.2018 - 09:45
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Central Bank Initiates Regulatory Actions Against Errant Money Changers
... the Directions issued under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Act No. 12 of 2017 (FEA), the Central Bank is conducting a series of ... Changers have no authority to transact foreign exchange at rates higher than those offered by the banks to such Money Changers. ...
conedit1 - 09.12.2021 - 18:38
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External Sector Performance - April 2022
... in the government securities market and Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recorded marginal net inflows during April 2022. Considering ... narrow the gap between the official and grey market exchange rates. Further, the Central Bank commenced providing daily guidance on the ...
tmadmin - 16.06.2022 - 09:40
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Central Bank continues regulatory actions against errant Money Changers
... that the following Money Changers have transacted at rates beyond the rates offered to them by Licensed Banks, thereby violating the Directions issued to them under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Act No. 12 of 2017. i.Swiss Money Exchange (Pvt) Ltd, Colombo ...
conedit4 - 04.04.2022 - 09:51
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Releases the Annual Economic Review for the Year 2025
... food prices, with demand remaining firm. Lower interest rates, reflecting relaxed monetary conditions, led to a notable expansion in ... exports, despite a widening trade deficit. These foreign exchange inflows enabled the continued build-up of reserves amid external debt ...
tmadmin - 20.04.2026 - 19:01
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Extension of the validity period to open Special Deposit Accounts and permission to retain funds held in such accounts in Sri Lanka
... potential of SDAs to attract a substantial amount of foreign exchange into the country and the resultant positive impact on the foreign ... 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
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Monetary Policy
... Sri Lanka, which mainly involves setting the policy interest rates and managing the liquidity in the economy. The monetary operations of the ... for formulating monetary policy and implementing a flexible exchange rate regime in line with the Flexible Inflation Targeting (FIT) ...
admin - 12.06.2025 - 13:27