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Prior to the imposition of measures to suspend forward transactions, the Rupee had weakened about 6% within the first 25 days of the year. A significant movement, given that the currency had only weakened by around 3% in 2020. Check out what Frontier's Head of Economic Research Trisha Peries had to say about the Rupee's woes on Kaleidoscope.

The CBSL appears to be taking a cautious easing monetary policy stance, but what are the factors contributing to this, and what can we expect on their policy in the future? Watch as our Product Head Trisha Peries gives her insights in this latest Interview conducted by the LMD Benchmark Magazine.

Sri Lanka’s recent political turbulence has forced it to borrow more from China as it scrambles to raise enough foreign currency to meet its first-quarter debt payments.

Prior to the imposition of measures to suspend forward transactions, the Rupee had weakened about 6% within the first 25 days of the year. A significant movement, given that the currency had only weakened by around 3% in 2020. Check out what Frontier's Head of Economic Research Trisha Peries had to say about the Rupee's woes on Kaleidoscope.

Sri Lanka’s central bank left its key interest rates unchanged on Monday, but said it could cut rates in future to boost an economy struggling in the wake of a political crisis and sluggish private sector credit growth.

After two years of uncertainty and low growth, Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to have a better run in 2018 and beyond, driven by consumer demand, increasing government spending and a pick-up in exports with GSP Plus trade concessions to the EU taking effect, according to Frontier Research.

CBSL held rates steady as expected while the economy remains likely to recover from the effects of adverse weather conditions in the past two years and benefit from the expected boost in external demand and foreign direct investment inflows.

COLOMBO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation hit a record high of 6.8 percent in February under a new index, government data released on Tuesday showed, pushed up by the impact of a lingering drought and base-year effects.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka unexpectedly cut its policy rates at the first Monetary Policy Review for 2020. Here's Trisha Peries, Product Head of Economic Research with her thoughts on this move.

According to our product head Trisha Peries , the immediate impact on SL's economy following the terror attacks is difficult to assess- but we might still see investments come in for the telecommunication and tech sectors

The Sri Lankan rupee has been faced with troubling times in the last few months and it has raised many questions on the health of the economy. To give us some answers, here's Trisha Peries, our Product Head of Economic Research discussing the reasons behind the high depreciation of the rupee and giving an outlook of our macro-economy.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) became the first in Asia on Thursday to raise interest rates since the pandemic began, as it acted to stem inflationary pressure and high imports, one of the factors behind the rupee's 8% depreciation this year.

Sri Lanka on Tuesday boosted spending on state employees, pensioners and the armed forces, and promised many rural infrastructure projects in a 2019 budget to woo voters before two elections, following a period of political instability.

The recent policy move by the Central Bank has raised a few eyebrows. Here's Trisha Peries, our Product Head of Economic Research, with her thoughts on why they may have opted for a policy rate hike.

CBSL is expected to keep rates steady to support the economy despite a pick-up in inflation and strong credit growth

With the dawn of a new year, Sri Lanka's economy faces a new set of opportunities and challenges. Here's our Product Head, Trisha Peries with her thoughts on the economic trajectory for 2020 and the immediate economic challenges.

Although many presumed that this year's budget would focus primarily on the election, it was a more responsible budget than expected. Delving into the other positive and negative takeaways from Budget 2019, here's our Product Head, Trisha, on Benchmark.

Sri Lanka on Tuesday boosted spending on state employees, pensioners and the armed forces, and promised many rural infrastructure projects in a 2019 budget to woo voters before two elections, following a period of political instability.

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Sri Lanka's Central Bank reduced commercial banks' statutory reserve ratio (SRR) by 100 basis points on Friday in a surprise move to increase liquidity and boost credit growth as policymakers struggle to boost economic growth following a political crisis and a recent rate increase.

CBSL is likely to hold off on a rate cut given the tightening global monetary environment which is causing other central banks in Asia to even look toward rate hikes.

Analysis of the performance of the Sri Lankan economy for Q1 of 2017.