Inflation ( CCPI)0.9% (March 2024)
GDP4.5% (4Q 2023)
Unemployment4.3% (4Q 2023)
3M T-Bill Rate10.03%
12M T-Bill Rate10.23%
2Y T-Bond Rate10.85%/ 11.00%
4Y T-Bond Rate12.10% / 12.20%
USD/LKR300/301
Reserves $4.951Bn (March 2024)
Cum. Trade Deficit $860 Mn (Feb 2024 cumulative)
Cum. Fiscal DeficitLKR 2,020 Bn (Nov 2023)

Sri Lanka is among the seven countries that face a currency crisis - Nomura Holdings

Global IndexesNov 23, 2022
Sri Lanka is among the seven countries that face a currency crisis - Nomura Holdings

“Damocles”, an early warning indicator of emerging market exchange rate crises formulated by Nomura Holdings, Japan’s top brokerage and investment bank. According to the index, Sri Lanka has been warned about a possible currency crisis for the last few years.

Damocles’s score above 100, indicates they are at risk of an exchange rate crisis in the next 12 months. The sum of the scores generated on all 32 by the model had increased sharply to 2,234 from 1,744 since May.

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