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IMF postpones SL's Fifth Review to assess emergency funding
Daily FT
|December 08, 2025
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday confirmed that Sri Lanka's request for $ 200 million in emergency financing now takes priority over the Fifth Review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), which will be deferred to early next year.
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The Fund also sig- nalled that the next tranche previously set at about $ 347 million could be increased, subject to further evaluation.
"In light of the Sri Lankan authorities' request for emergency financing, IMF Board consideration of the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) request is the prior ity at the current juncture," an IMF spokesperson said.
The Fund added that an IMF team will visit Sri Lanka in early 2026 to resume discussions on the Fifth Review and that support under the RFI will be provided in addition to the EFF.
This story is from the December 08, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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