June 2020 The activities in the economy, especially the industry and services sector, further improved in June as evident by increasing...
May 2020 The activities in the economy, especially the industry and services sector, improved marginally in May. However...
April 2020 The industry sector operated with excess capacity in April due to the confinement. Tourism and trade sectors were crippled by the ...
March 2020 In March the manufacturing and services sectors underwent a record contraction as the country went into a lockdown. The tourism...
February 2020 January: Private credit was weak while government credit (grew by LKR120 Bn Y-o-Y) recorded a strong growth.
January 2020 December: Manufacturing sector grew at a slower phase (4 points above threshold) while services.....
December 2019 November: Manufacturing and services sectors continued their expansion. Services sector was seen hiring staff.....
November 2019 Activities in the economy improved post presidential election driven by positive sentiments from the local.....
October 2019 With the lending cap, the long-term interest rates have declined. In this environment, the demand for credit from the private sector .....
August 2019 Real GDP recorded an improved growth of 3.7% in Q1 CY2019 from 1.8% in Q4 CY2018, led by healthy.....