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1. Monetary Policy Review - January 2016

   ... in SRR also induced an upward adjustment in market interest rates, and the growth of credit extended to the private sector by commercial ... Monetary Policy Decision: Policy rates unchanged Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) 6.00% ...

   content_manager - 30.01.2019 - 16:07

2. Monetary Policy Review - No. 2 of 2017

   ... Central Bank and the resultant increase in market interest rates are likely to have impacted the growth of credit to the private sector ... experienced in spite of the increase in policy interest rates in the United States. Gross official reserves were estimated at ...

   content_manager - 03.07.2017 - 14:06

3. The Current Exchange Rate Arrangement: Background, Positive Impact thus far, and Expected Outcomes

   ... banking system. This significant volatility of the exchange rates drove up the interbank exchange rates as well as customer buying and selling rates in an abrupt nature, causing ...

   conedit1 - 07.06.2022 - 10:12

4. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka continues its Accommodative Monetary Policy Stance

   ... monetary policy stance, particularly as market lending rates are yet to reflect the full passthrough of policy easing measures ... to adopt targeted measures to reduce specific interest rates that it considered to be excessive, which would help marginal borrowers. ...

   conedit1 - 20.08.2020 - 15:37

5. Exchange Rate Policy, Reserve Management and Foreign Exchange Flows

   ... intervention to curtail the excess volatility in the forward rates. 16 April 2020 Directions issued to Authorised Dealers ... point and 2 percentage points per annum above the deposit rates applicable on normal deposits for SDAs with a tenure of 6 months and 12 ...

   conedit1 - 22.09.2020 - 14:39

6. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka further reduces Policy Interest Rates

   ... Board expects that, with this reduction of policy interest rates by 200 bps, and the reduction of policy interest rates by 250 bps in early June 2023, along with the significant reduction of ...

   conedit1 - 07.07.2023 - 18:50

7. Monetary Policy Review - December 2015

   ... Monetary Policy Decision: Policy rates unchanged, SRR increased Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) ...

   content_manager - 05.02.2019 - 14:56

8. Government Securities Market

   ... credit market. In addition, changes in the volumes and rates in the Treasury bill market affect the cost, profitability and liquidity ... par or premium     Market determined yield rates prevail    Tradable in the secondary market    ...

   admin - 25.02.2026 - 10:25

9. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Continues its Accommodative Monetary Policy Stance

   ... Board, having noted the reduction in overall market lending rates so far during the year, stressed the need for a continued downward adjustment in lending rates to boost economic growth in the absence of demand driven inflationary ...

   conedit1 - 26.11.2020 - 14:56

10. Monetary Policy

    ... Sri Lanka, which mainly involves setting the policy interest rates and managing the liquidity in the economy. The monetary operations of the ... uses its policy instruments to guide short term interest rates along the desired path. The Overnight Policy Rate (OPR), which is the ...

    admin - 12.06.2025 - 13:27

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