Inflation ( CCPI)35.3% (April 2023)
GDP-12.4% (4Q 2022)
Unemployment4.8% (4Q 2022)
3M T-Bill Rate25.60%
12M T-Bill Rate22.97%
2Y T-Bond Rate29.25%/ 30.00%
4Y T-Bond Rate27.25% / 27.35%
USD/LKR297/298
Reserves $2.75Bn (April 2023)
Cum. Trade Deficit $862Mn (March 2023)
Cum. Fiscal DeficitLKR 2,300 Bn (Dec 2022)

Treasury bill rate up for the second consecutive week as DDR time line close

Interest RatesApr 19, 2023
Treasury bill rate up for the second consecutive week as DDR time line close
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The Treasury Bill rate rose across all the maturities for the second consecutive week. For the last two weeks, 91 days T-bill yield increased by 1.50%, 182Day’s T-Bill by 0.90%, and 364 days T-bill was up by 0.60% from the lowest level seen two weeks before.

But CBSL managed to sell LKR 90Bn which was the target amount of funds required by the government for this week.

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