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Tag: policy rates

CB downgrades 2018 growth forecast
BUSINESSMain Story

CB downgrades 2018 growth forecast

Now expects 2018 to end with 4% growth lower from 4.5% forecast earlier 1H growth 3.5%; expects second half to…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/08/201806/08/2018
CB keeps policy rates unchanged: Economy currently operating below potential
BUSINESSMain Story

CB keeps policy rates unchanged: Economy currently operating below potential

Sri Lanka will keep policy rates unchanged in February as the economy is stabilizing with improvements in trade figures, the…

byFaraz Shauketaly15/02/2018
Sri Lanka maintains policy rates, current monetary policy stance is appropriate
BUSINESS

Sri Lanka maintains policy rates, current monetary policy stance is appropriate

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank releasing the monetary policy review on Tuesday said considering developments in the domestic and international macroeconomic…

byFaraz Shauketaly07/11/2017

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