Fin Min tells Parliament that Q1 2019 growth will rebound to 3.5-pct
Jun 19, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economic growth has increased to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2019, Finance Minister …
Jun 19, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's economic growth has increased to 3.5 percent of gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2019, Finance Minister …
Jun 11, 2019 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government will increased the price of 92 Octane petrol by three rupees to 138 rupees for a litre from midnight yesterday. The …
Jun 03, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Monetary Board would need to consider whether they impose a lending cap if the banks are not cooperative enough to reduce …
May 31, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank on Friday said the market lending rates remained downward rigid, despite the measures already taken while the …
May 31, 2019 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank, at its meeting held on 30 May 2019, has decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate …
May 29, 2019 (LBO) – The World Bank has offered 250 million US dollars worth policy based guarantee to Sri Lanka for the external borrowings, the Central …
May 27, 2019 (LBO) – First Capital Research has allocated a 95 percent probability for a policy rate cut in May 2019 as they are of the view that policy …
May 26, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy has hinted a strong possibility of a policy rate cut at the next monetary …
May 14, 2019 (LBO) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the fifth review of Sri Lanka’s economic performance under the …
May 03, 2019 (LBO) – Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe urges the business community to place their trust in the government and says steps have been taken …
Apr 29, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank expects the lending rates to reduce by around 200 basis points to SMEs in the near term that would reduce …
Apr 08, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Central Bank which operates and maintains the LankaSecure system has introduced an SMS, Email alert service from 25th March …
Apr 08, 2019 (LBO) – Monetary Board of the Central Bank today said that they are of the view that, if the current trends in global financial markets, trade …
Apr 08, 2019 (LBO) – Monetary Board of Sri Lanka's Central Bank at its meeting held today decided to maintain policy interest rates at their current levels. …
Apr 02, 2019 (LBO) – First Capital Research allocates a 50 percent probability for a policy rate cut in Apr 2019 as they are of the view that policy …
Mar 27, 2019 (LBO) - A new report from research and consultancy firm Oxford Business Group (OBG) shines a spotlight on Sri Lanka’s wide-ranging plan to …
Mar 12, 2019 (LBO) - Achieving Sri Lanka's deficit and debt targets will be challenging without a significant increase in fiscal policy effectiveness and …
Feb 22, 2019 (LBO) – The Monetary Board of the Central Bank, at its meeting held on 21 February 2019, has decided to reduce the Statutory Reserve Ratio …
Feb 21, 2019 (LBO) – First Capital Research said it expects a continuation of monetary policy rates at current levels although they recognize an increased …
Feb 14, 2019 (LBO) – The latest edition of the World Bank’s Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) finds the island in a challenging macroeconomic landscape. …