Sri Lankan rupee depreciates 9.7-pct YTD; CB says observed stabilizing exchange rate
Oct 02, 2018 (LBO) – Recent measures are expected to ease the excessive demand for foreign currency and therefore the pressure in the domestic foreign …
Oct 02, 2018 (LBO) – Recent measures are expected to ease the excessive demand for foreign currency and therefore the pressure in the domestic foreign …
Oct 02, 2018 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 01 October 2018, has decided to maintain policy interest rates …
Sept 29, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government in order to ease the pressure on the Sri Lankan rupee has decided to take the following measures temporarily …
Sept 29, 2018 (LBO) – First Capital Research believes that a policy rate change is not required at this moment considering the prevailing economic conditions …
Sept 28, 2018 (LBO) – Authorities should accelerate reforms to strengthen the Sri Lankan economy’s resilience to domestic and external shocks, given still …
Sept 26, 2018 (LBO) - The Rupee has depreciated steadily against the US Dollar ever since the yahapalana government came into power - a trend which has now …
Sept 25, 2018 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved the Appropriation Bill proposed by Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera, to be presented in Parliament …
Sept 21, 2018 (LBO) - Sri Lanka’s rupee hit an all time low of 168.65/169.00 to the US dollar at the close of day Thursday down from 167.10 the day before …
Sept 19, 2018 (LBO) - Capital Alliance (CAL), recently performed Sri Lanka’s first ever transaction of overseas stocks, a statement said. CAL partnered with …
Aug 14, 2018 (LBO) – Cabinet approval has been granted to appoint a special salaries commission to remove salary anomalies in the public sector including the …
Aug 08, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy expressed concern on the current deposit and lending rates of the banks. …
July 26, 2018 (LBO) – Moody's Investors Service has today affirmed the Government of Sri Lanka's foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings at B1 …
July 11, 2018 (LBO) – First Capital Research said they downgraded their exchange rate target from 159 rupees to 161 rupees per dollar for end 2018 since a …
Jul 09, 2018 (LBO) - The Asian Development Bank has signed an grant agreement of US 9.5 million dollars for the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We …
July 06, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s gross official reserve position is estimated to have improved to around 9.2 billion US dollars by end June 2018, compared …
July 06, 2018 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank, at its meeting held on 05 July 2018, has decided to maintain policy interest rates at their …
July 05, 2018 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank acting in terms of the regulations made under the Registered Stock and Securities Ordinance and the …
July 03, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s statistics office rejecting the recent claims on the GDP estimates said it is almost impossible to carry out backward …
July 01, 2018 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's General Treasury says former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal has tried to present a different and distorted …
June 28, 2018 (LBO) – Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy on Thursday issued a special statement defending his fellow Central Banker Nandalal …