Inflation ( CCPI)-2.1% (Nov 2024)
GDP4.7% (2Q 2024)
Unemployment4.5% (1Q 2024)
3M T-Bill Rate8.73%
12M T-Bill Rate9.08%
2Y T-Bond Rate9.40%/ 9.50%
4Y T-Bond Rate10.55% / 10.65%
USD/LKR290/291
Reserves $6.46Bn (Nov 2024)
Cum. Trade Deficit $4,762 Mn (Oct 2024 cumulative)
Cum. Fiscal DeficitLKR 970Bn (Sep 2024 cumulative)

Tourism FX inflow fell in May as the country into off season of the tourism

Travel & TourismJun 2, 2023
Tourism FX inflow fell in May as the country into off season of the tourism

Sri Lanka’s tourism inflow is seasonal and now the country has entered into an off-season of tourism. Still country generates half of the monthly tourism inflow that used to generate in the pre-COVID period. Improvement of tourism is essential for Sri Lanka to build its foreign currency reserves.

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