නිදහස් හා විවෘත ප්රවේශය
රාජ්ය මූල්ය දත්ත හා විශ්ලේෂණයන් සඳහා
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) reported a slight decrease in expatriate workers' remittances, totaling $556 million in September, down from $577 million in August but higher than the $482 million recorded in September 2023. Monthly remittances have exceeded $500 million since March. In tourism, earnings reached $181 million in September, down from $282 million in August but up from $152 million in September 2023. CBSL also noted an increase in gross official reserves (GOR) to $6 billion at the end of September, a rise of $1.6 billion from the end of 2023, which includes a swap facility from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) with conditional usability. The GOR covered 3.9 months of imports as of September’s end.
