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Monetary Policy Review - No. 1 of 2018
... in the international market and the flexible exchange rate policy maintained by the Central Bank. However, drought related imports ... Board decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at ...
content_manager - 09.10.2018 - 09:45
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Monetary Policy Review - No. 8 of 2017
... from the implementation of a more flexible exchange rate regime. However, the trade deficit widened during the first ten months of ... BOP surplus, while maintaining a more flexible exchange rate regime under the current enhanced monetary policy framework, which ...
content_manager - 27.01.2018 - 14:42
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Monetary Policy Review - June 2016
... growth of 1.9 per cent during this period. The growth rate recorded in the first quarter was broadly in line with expectations for ... decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank ...
content_manager - 27.09.2018 - 12:16
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Monetary Policy Review - February 2016
... Board decided to increase the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank by 50 basis points each, to 6.50 per cent and ...
content_manager - 07.01.2019 - 10:59
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SL Purchasing Managers’ Index Survey - January 2018
... that the Manufacturing activities expanded at a slower rate in January compared to December 2017 after the seasonal peak ... Suppliers’ Delivery Time sub-index lengthened at a slower rate compared to previous month. Overall, all the sub-indices of PMI except ...
content_manager - 19.02.2018 - 13:33
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Measures to Reduce Lending Rates and Drive Credit Flows to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sector
... and NBFIs will be linked to the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) whilst longer tenures will be linked to the 364 day Treasury bill rate. Licensed banks and NBFIs may offer an additional interest rate up to 50 ...
conedit1 - 03.05.2019 - 15:59
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Introduces Urgent Measures to Ease the Pressure on the Exchange Rate and Prevent Financial Market Panic due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published Date: Thursday, March 19, 2020 Press Releases
content_manager - 20.03.2020 - 09:20
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Central Bank Approved Rs. 28 Billion Loans at 4% among 13,861 Businesses Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak
... of 24 June 2020. These loans carry a concessional interest rate of 4 percent (p.a.) with a grace period of 6-months and a repayment period ... ready to provide further Rs. 120 billion at a concessionary rate of 1 percent (p.a.) to commercial banks for on-lending to the affected ...
conedit1 - 25.06.2020 - 16:12
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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Reaffirms its Commitment to Continue the Current Accommodative Monetary Policy Stance
... 2021, decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at their current levels of 4.50 per cent and ...
conedit1 - 04.03.2021 - 18:02
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External Sector Performance – February 2022
... inflow during the month. The weighted average spot exchange rate in the interbank market hovered around Rs. 202 per US dollar during ... Central Bank allowed a measured adjustment in the exchange rate in the first week of March 2022, in view of the heightened pressures on ...
tmadmin - 15.05.2022 - 14:35