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CBSL holds policy rates steady
Daily FT
|November 27, 2025
THE Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) yesterday delivering the sixth and final Monetary Policy Review for 2025 announced that rates would remain unchanged at 7.75%.
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The decision to hold policy rates steady was made at a Monetary Board review on Tuesday, after assessing both domestic and global developments.
The Board is of the view that the current monetary policy stance will help steer inflation towards the target of 5% in the period ahead, while supporting growth.
"The decision is based on the progress seen so far this year and price stability and potential growth," Dr. Weerasinghe said during the post-Monetary Policy Review meeting media briefing yesterday.
He said stability is the most important foundation for sustainable economic growth. "We expect the economy to grow by 4.5% this year," he added.
He also said that further easing of rates is still possible as the country has now built sufficient buffers - monetary, reserves, and fiscal - if there are any global headwinds.
The CBSL Governor also explained that there is a lot of global uncertainty.
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