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1. Measures to Reduce Interest Rates, Enhance Market Liquidity & Finance the Government

   ... April 2020 The Central Bank purchased Rs. 60 billion of Treasury bills from the primary market to facilitate the government to make ... facility. 25 March 2020 Commencing the Treasury bill auction on 25 March 2020, the Central Bank purchased the shortfall in ...

   conedit1 - 22.09.2021 - 15:33

2. Measures to reduce lending rates and drive credit flows to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sector

   ... Rate (SDFR) whilst longer tenures were based on the 364 day Treasury bill rate. The Central Bank has also injected substantial rupee liquidity ...

   conedit4 - 22.07.2019 - 14:21

3. Measures to Reduce Lending Rates and Drive Credit Flows to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Sector

   ... (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 ...

   conedit1 - 03.05.2019 - 15:59

4. Government Debt Securities - FAQs

   ... to repay upon maturity. Government securities such as Treasury bonds, Sri Lanka Development Bonds and International Sovereign Bonds ... on the minimum investment amount. What is a Treasury bill? Treasury bill is a short-term debt instrument issued with maturities ...

   conedit1 - 02.01.2026 - 16:24

5. Financial Markets

   ... consists of;  (i)Inter-Bank Call Money Market (ii)Treasury bill Market (iii)Domestic Foreign Exchange Market.     The major ...

   admin - 02.01.2026 - 17:07

6. Government Securities Market

   Government Securities Market Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds Market Domestic currency debt is mainly ... Ordinance No. 7 of 1937 (as amended). Treasury bill market is a segment of the domestic money market. Highly liquid nature of ... credit market. In addition, changes in the volumes and rates in the Treasury bill market affect the cost, profitability and liquidity ...

   admin - 25.02.2026 - 10:25

7. Glossary

   ... borrowed from a third party at times when the stock of Treasury bills and Treasury bonds held by the CBSL is not adequate to conduct ... Prices calculated by the CBSL of all available Treasury bill and Treasury bond ISINs based on the secondary market yield rates (quotes) ...

   conedit1 - 02.04.2025 - 16:49

8. Discontinuation of Compilation and Publication of Sri Lanka Inter Bank Offered Rate (SLIBOR)

   ... Rate (AWCMR), Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR), Treasury bill yields, etc., in consultation with their respective financial service ...

   conedit4 - 25.02.2020 - 08:49

9. Monetary Policy Review - No. 7 of 2017

   ... recorded a decline largely on account of the retirement of Treasury bill holdings of the Central Bank. With repayments made by key public ...

   content_manager - 07.11.2017 - 11:33

10. Erroneous News Articles on Money Printing

    ... As a result of such OMOs, the net book value of the Treasury bill holdings of the CBSL (gross book value of Treasury bills plus total value ...

    conedit1 - 07.11.2018 - 18:55