The Central Bank of Sri Lanka Releases its inaugural Annual Economic Review and Financial Statements and Operations of the Central Bank for the Year 2023

The inaugural publication under Section 80 of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act, No. 16 of 2023 (CBA),namely, the Annual Economic Review 2023, and the inaugural publication under Section 99 of the CBA, namely, Financial Statements and Operations of the Central Bank 2023, were presented to Ranil Wickremesinghe, the President and Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies, by Dr. P Nandalal Weerasinghe, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.

The Annual Economic Review (AER) consists of three chapters: Chapter 1 presents an analysis of the macroeconomic developments and conditions of the financial system of the economy; Chapter 2 provides a review of Central Bank policies, covering the monetary policy framework, monetary policy stance and measures, external sector policies, and financial sector policy measures; and Chapter 3 provides a macroeconomic outlook, covering the global economic environment and the domestic economy. Furthermore, the AER contains seven box articles on topical themes and a box article on  major  economic policy measures implemented by or related to the Central Bank.

The report also contains Statistical Appendix tables with selected annual data for the last 5 to 10 years and Special Statistical Appendix tables with selected  annual  data from 1970. In addition to the printed version, an online version of the Statistical Appendix (142 tables) and the Special Statistical Appendix (11 tables) is published simultaneously in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format in all three languages with additional historical data (QR codes and links to access the tables are given in the printed version of the AER).