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Country Report Sri Lanka March 2011
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| 2009 | 2010 | |||||||
| 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | |
| Central government finance (SLRs m) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 148,074 | 156,823 | 232,314 | n/a | 183,867 | 177,605 | 231,028 | n/a |
| Expenditure | 302,159 | 257,432 | 291,856 | n/a | 305,617 | 271,168 | 339,020 | n/a |
| Balance | -154,085 | -100,609 | -59,542 | n/a | -121,750 | -93,563 | -107,992 | n/a |
| Output | ||||||||
| GDP at constant 2002 prices (SLRs bn) | 601.1 | 585.3 | 639.3 | 623.6 | 643.5 | 635.0 | 690.7 | n/a |
| Wages and prices | ||||||||
| Wages, agricultural (Dec 1978=100)a | 2,349.3 | 2,349.3 | 2,349.5 | 2,349.6 | 3,319.8 | n/a | 3,335.2 | 3,336.1 |
| Wages, central government employees (Dec 1978=100)b | 4,473.1 | 4,473.1 | 4,473.1 | 4,651.6 | 4,651.6 | 4,651.6 | 4,651.6 | 4,651.6 |
| Consumer prices (2005=100) | 158.3 | 159.9 | 162.9 | 165.1 | 168.8 | 168.3 | 171.1 | n/a |
| Consumer prices (% change, year on year) | 7.8 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate SLRs:US$ (av) | 113.97 | 116.40 | 114.85 | 114.55 | 114.36 | 113.75 | 112.65 | 111.51 |
| Exchange rate SLRs:US$ (end-period) | 115.15 | 114.91 | 114.81 | 114.38 | 114.05 | 113.52 | 111.93 | 110.93 |
| Repurchase rate (end-period; %) | 10.3 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Reverse repurchase rate (end-period; %) | 11.8 | 11.0 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| Average weighted prime lending rate (end-period; %) | 18.9 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 9.8 | 9.3 |
| 3-month Treasury bill rate (end-period; %) | 14.6 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| M1 (end-period; SLRs bn)c | 272.9 | 268.9 | 293.3 | 336.7 | 362.8 | 348.4 | 373.8 | n/a |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | -4.5 | -3.0 | 6.6 | 21.4 | 7.7 | 3.5 | 27.5 | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; SLRs bn)c | 1,323.6 | 1,381.0 | 1,461.3 | 1,536.8 | 1,601.0 | 1,637.9 | 1,719.0 | n/a |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 11.4 | 7.7 | 17.0 | 19.9 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 17.6 | n/a |
| Colombo Stock Exchange index (end-period; 1985=100) | 1,638.1 | 2,432.2 | 2,938.6 | 3,385.6 | 3,724.6 | 4,612.5 | 6,997.2 | 6,639.5 |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Exports, tea ('000 tonnes) | 67.6 | 66.8 | 79.4 | 75.7 | 70.1 | 73.1 | 86.8 | n/a |
| Exports, rubber ('000 tonnes) | 16.2 | 13.0 | 10.8 | 14.2 | 19.6 | 8.3 | 9.5 | n/a |
| Tourist arrivals ('000) | 106.7 | 81.0 | 121.4 | 138.7 | 160.4 | 118.2 | 166.6 | 209.2 |
| Foreign trade (SLRs bn) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 187.2 | 179.9 | 221.8 | 225.1 | 201.7 | 211.6 | 234.5 | n/a |
| Tea | 27.6 | 31.0 | 39.2 | 38.8 | 35.0 | 36.4 | 93.8 | n/a |
| Imports cif | -260.7 | -250.0 | -290.6 | -334.0 | -368.8 | -368.9 | -368.8 | n/a |
| Trade balance | -73.5 | -70.2 | -68.8 | -108.9 | -167.1 | -157.3 | -134.3 | n/a |
| Foreign payments (US$ m) | ||||||||
| Merchandise trade balance | -434 | -474 | -396 | -798 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Services balance | -152 | -180 | -77 | -222 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Income balance | -127 | -46 | -86 | -229 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Net transfer payments | 688 | 762 | 796 | 681 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Current-account balance | -25 | 62 | 237 | -568 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 1,265 | 1,615 | 4,133 | 4,616 | 4,558 | 5,018 | 5,699 | n/a |
| a Nominal rates. b Nominal rates, excluding government schoolteachers. c Central Bank of Sri Lanka. | ||||||||
| Sources: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bulletin; IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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