Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's Economy at a Glance
The rates and prices that shape every financial decision — inflation, interest rates, the rupee and the stock market, updated weekly from the Central Bank. The context behind the numbers on every comparison page here.
Year-on-year consumer price inflation. Your savings have to beat this just to hold their value.
The Central Bank's overnight policy rate — the anchor every other rate moves with. Falling signals cheaper borrowing ahead.
Average weighted prime lending rate — the index floating-rate loans are priced against.
Risk-free government yield — the floor your deposits should clear.
Rupees to buy one US dollar (bank rate). A higher number means a weaker rupee.
Colombo Stock Exchange All Share Price Index.
History
Cost of living — inflation
See real (after-inflation) FD returns →Year-on-year consumer price inflation — headline (solid) and core (dashed; strips volatile food & energy to show the underlying trend). Your savings have to beat this just to hold their value.
- Colombo (CCPI)
- National (NCPI)
- Colombo core
- National core
Interest rates
Compare loan rates →The Central Bank's policy rate and the market-average benchmarks every bank prices against.
- Policy rate (OPR)
- Prime lending (AWPLR)
- Avg deposit (AWDR)
- Avg fixed deposit (AWFDR)
Treasury-bill yields
Treasury-bill board →Government T-bill yields by tenor — the risk-free benchmark your deposits should clear.
- 91-day
- 182-day
- 364-day
The rupee (USD / LKR)
Compare bank exchange rates →Rupees to buy one US dollar (Central Bank reference rate). A higher number means a weaker rupee.
- USD / LKR
Stock market
Colombo Stock Exchange — the All Share Price Index and the S&P Sri Lanka 20 (different index scales; watch the trend, not the gap).
- All Share (ASPI)
- S&P SL20
Foreign-exchange earnings (monthly)
What earns the rupee its foreign exchange — monthly workers’ remittances and tourism receipts, the fundamentals behind the exchange rate.
- Workers’ remittances
- Tourism earnings
Official reserves
The foreign-reserve buffer at month-end — import cover and the cushion behind the rupee.
- Official reserve assets
Tourist arrivals (monthly)
International tourist arrivals per month — a leading signal for tourism earnings.
- Tourist arrivals
Government debt
Outstanding central-government debt — domestic vs foreign (Rs bn). The build-up behind the 2022 sovereign default. Central Bank published this in the WEI through mid-2023.
- Total
- Domestic
- Foreign
Money & credit growth
Year-on-year growth in broad money (M2b) and credit to the private sector — the monetary backdrop to inflation and rates. Central Bank published this in the WEI through mid-2023.
- Broad money (M2b)
- Private-sector credit
Source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka Weekly Economic Indicators (and the CBSL USD/LKR reference series for the rupee history). Trend arrows read from each indicator's point of view — rising inflation or a weaker rupee is unfavourable; a higher deposit or T-bill yield is favourable. This is a context dashboard, not advice.
The weekly macro series (inflation, policy & market rates, T-bills, the stock market and external sector) carry history back to 2017; the rupee chart goes back to 2005. Use the range buttons on each chart to zoom from the full arc to the most recent year.
New to these terms? Tap the i beside any series for a plain-language definition, or browse the full money glossary.