Central Bank of Sri Lanka
November 18, 2014
The central bank lending rate (reverse repo) and borrowing rate (repo) have been at 8.0% and 6.5% since the former was cut from 8.5% last January. Between December 2012 and October 2013, each of those rates also were lowered in three steps by a cumulative 125 basis points. Falling inflation justified these reductions. On-year CPI inflation last month of 1.6% was at a 66-month low. After this month’s policy meeting, monetary officials again left both interest rates as well as the 6% reserve requirement unchanged, and they released a statement that called the existing policy “appropriate.” Officials anticipate and welcome a robust growth in bank credit to the private sector in the period ahead. The statement reveals no inclination to adjust interest rates for the time being.
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