Money and the central bank

Monetary aggregates, reserve money, the CBSL balance sheet, market operations and liquidity.

601 series · 17 tables · 1950–2026
from CBSL

Broad money, M2b

Rs trillion, monthly

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Narrow money, M1

Rs trillion, monthly

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Reserve money

Rs trillion, monthly

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Credit to the private sector

Rs trillion, monthly

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Domestic credit

Rs trillion, monthly

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Currency held by the public

Rs billion, monthly

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Key figures

Broad money, M2bRs17.04tnJul 2026, +12.1% on a year earlier Narrow money, M1Rs2.34tnJul 2026, +11.8% on a year earlier Reserve moneyRs1.91tnAug 2026, +11.8% on a year earlier Credit to the private sectorRs11.45tnJul 2026, +26.4% on a year earlier Domestic creditRs19.76tnJul 2026, +8.6% on a year earlier Currency held by the publicRs1,315bnJul 2026, +12.5% on a year earlier

Every figure is as the Central Bank of Sri Lanka publishes it; the change on a year earlier is calculated by Macro Lab.

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Money and credit

The monetary aggregates and the credit behind them.

Monetary surveyThe monetary survey: M1, M2, M2b and domestic credit, monthly since 1995.19 indicators, monthly, 1995–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL statistical tablesShow the 19 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period
Reserve money (M0)	1,894.4	+12.2%	Jul 2026
Broad money (M2)	14,904.8	+11.2%	Jul 2026
Currency held by the public	1,315.4	+12.5%	Jul 2026
Demand deposits held by the public	1,025.8	+10.9%	Jul 2026
Narrow money (M1)	2,341.2	+11.8%	Jul 2026
Time and savings deposits held by the public	14,702.3	+12.1%	Jul 2026
Broad money (m2b)	17,043.5	+12.1%	Jul 2026
Net foreign assets of monetary authorities	908.4	+105.8%	Jul 2026
Net foreign assets of commercial banks	656.2	+50.2%	Jul 2026
Net foreign assets (NFA)	1,564.6	+78.1%	Jul 2026
Net credit granted to the government by central bank	1,550.0	−16.2%	Jul 2026
Net credit granted to the government by commercial banks	6,270.2	−6.2%	Jul 2026
Net credit granted to the government (NCG)	7,820.2	−8.4%	Jul 2026
Credit granted to public corporations by commercial banks	486.0	−19.5%	Jul 2026
Credit granted to the private sector by commercial banks	11,450.6	+26.4%	Jul 2026
Domestic credit	19,756.9	+8.6%	Jul 2026
Other items (net)	−4,277.9	–	Jul 2026
Net domestic assets (NDA)	15,479.0	+8.0%	Jul 2026
Broad money (m2b), source side	17,043.5	+12.1%	Jul 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Monetary aggregatesMonetary aggregates and their components, daily and monthly.46 indicators, daily and monthly, 2009–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard); CBSL daily economic indicatorsShow the 2 rows

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Indicator	Latest	On a year earlier*	Period	Recent trend
Reserve money (daily estimate) (monetary aggregates and related components)	1,935.0Rs bn	+11.4%	14 Oct 2026
Currency in circulation	1,621.7Rs bn	+8.7%	14 Oct 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Reserve moneyReserve money and the money multipliers.16 indicators, monthly and annual, 1990–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL statistical tablesShow the 7 rows

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Indicator	Latest	On a year earlier*	Period
Reserve money - currency issues of the CBSL	1,664.8Rs bn	+11.1%	Aug 2026
Reserve money - government agencies deposit with CBSL	48.7Rs mn	+5.5%	Aug 2026
Reserve money - commercial bank deposit with CBSL	249.4Rs bn	+16.9%	Aug 2026
Reserve money - total	1,914.3Rs bn	+11.8%	Aug 2026
Money multiplier - M1	1.25ratio	+0.7%	Aug 2026
Money multiplier - M2	7.85ratio	−0.5%	Aug 2026
Money multiplier - m2b	8.95ratio	−0.2%	Aug 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Financial survey (M4)The financial survey, M4.32 indicators, monthly, 2020–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Monthly BulletinShow the 32 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period
Broad money (M4) currency	1,299.5	+16.4%	Apr 2026
Demand deposits	971.0	+12.3%	Apr 2026
Time and savings deposits commercial banks dbus	13,741.0	+11.0%	Apr 2026
OBUs	482.6	+12.1%	Apr 2026
LSBs rdbs/pradeshiya sanwardhana bank	288.0	+9.7%	Apr 2026
Financial survey M4: other	1,817.3	+2.2%	Apr 2026
FCs	1,412.4	+25.2%	Apr 2026
Time and savings deposits	17,741.2	+11.0%	Apr 2026
Broad money supply (M4)	20,011.7	+11.4%	Apr 2026
Net foreign assets monetary authorities	946.5	+118.6%	Apr 2026
Commercial banks (dbus and obus)	467.0	−16.1%	Apr 2026
LSBs and fcs	−76.2	–	Apr 2026
Total net foreign assets	1,337.3	+38.5%	Apr 2026
Net domestic assets domestic credit credit to the government (net) central bank of Sri Lanka	1,724.6	−1.4%	Apr 2026
Commercial banks dbus	6,334.8	−3.4%	Apr 2026
OBUs, col 16	89.3	+29.4%	Apr 2026
LSBs rdbs/ pradeshiya sanwardhana bank	18.2	−47.1%	Apr 2026
Other, col 18	1,116.4	+1.9%	Apr 2026
FCs, col 19	72.7	−32.5%	Apr 2026
Total credit to the govt.	9,355.9	−2.7%	Apr 2026
Credit to public corporations commercial banks (dbus and obus)	492.7	−24.7%	Apr 2026
Total credit to public corps.	492.7	−24.7%	Apr 2026
Credit to private sector commercial banks dbus	10,238.4	+29.1%	Apr 2026
OBUs, col 25	559.6	−2.2%	Apr 2026
LSBs rdbs/pradeshiya sanwardhana bank, col 26	342.3	+23.8%	Apr 2026
Other, col 27	915.6	+5.4%	Apr 2026
FCs, col 28	2,654.7	+50.4%	Apr 2026
Total credit to private sector	14,710.7	+28.9%	Apr 2026
Total domestic credit	24,559.3	+13.3%	Apr 2026
Total other items (net)	−5,885.0	–	Apr 2026
Total net domestic assets (29+)+(30)	18,674.3	+9.9%	Apr 2026
LSBs and lfcs ended	0.0	–	Mar 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Private sector credit by sectorPrivate sector credit by sector of the economy.117 indicators, monthly and annual, 2024–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL statistical tablesOpen table

Long-run series since 1950Money and credit, one line each since 1950.17 indicators, annual, 1950–2025, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Annual Economic Review statistical appendixShow the 17 rows

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Indicator	Latest	On a year earlier*	Period
Currency held by the public	1,248.5Rs bn	+18.8%	2025
Demand deposits	1,039.5Rs bn	+18.9%	2025
Narrow money supply (M1)	2,288.0Rs bn	+18.8%	2025
Broad money supply (M2)	14,093.4Rs bn	+11.3%	2025
Broad money supply (m2b)	15,975.0Rs bn	+11.5%	2025
Reserve money	1,796.5Rs bn	+16.7%	2025
Money multiplier, M1	1.27ratio	+1.8%	2025
Money multiplier, M2	7.84ratio	−4.6%	2025
Money multiplier, m2b	8.89ratio	−4.4%	2025
Velocity of money (m2b)	2.16ratio	−1.7%	2025
Net foreign assets
Monetary authorities	713.3Rs bn	+221.1%	2025
Commercial banks	353.5Rs bn	+0.8%	2025
Net foreign assets: total	1,066.8Rs bn	+86.2%	2025
Net domestic assets
Claims on government, net	8,285.2Rs bn	+0.2%	2025
Claims on public corporations/sobes	519.7Rs bn	−20.9%	2025
Claims on private sector	10,212.2Rs bn	+25.2%	2025
Net domestic assets: total	14,908.2Rs bn	+8.4%	2025

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

The central bank

The Central Bank's balance sheet, its market operations and the banks' reserves.

Central bank balance sheetThe Central Bank's balance sheet.29 indicators, monthly and annual, 1990–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Economic and Social Statistics; CBSL statistical tablesShow the 27 rows

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Indicator	Latest	On a year earlier*	Period
Cash and bank balances abroad including treasury bills	1,189.9Rs bn	+18.1%	Aug 2026
Foreign government and non government securities	1,167.2Rs bn	+35.3%	Aug 2026
Special drawing rights	452.1Rs mn	+57.6%	Aug 2026
Imf related assets	260.2Rs bn	+8.3%	Aug 2026
Receivables	1.7Rs bn	−78.4%	Aug 2026
International reserves	2,619.4Rs bn	+23.6%	Aug 2026
To government	0.0Rs bn	–	Aug 2026
To others	3.7Rs bn	−50.2%	Aug 2026
Government and government guaranteed securities	1,438.3Rs bn	−22.8%	Aug 2026
Other assets and accounts	371.0Rs bn	+297.0%	Aug 2026
Assets	4,432.3Rs bn	+8.5%	Aug 2026
International reserves pct of currency and deposit liabilities	75.7%	+11.8 pts	Aug 2026
Capital paid in	50.0Rs bn	0.0%	Aug 2026
Surplus	0.0Rs bn	–	Aug 2026
Capital	50.0Rs bn	0.0%	Aug 2026
Notes in circulation	1,645.1Rs bn	+11.2%	Aug 2026
Coins in circulation	19.7Rs bn	+3.0%	Aug 2026
Currency issued	1,664.8Rs bn	+11.1%	Aug 2026
Securities outstanding	0.0Rs bn	–	Aug 2026
Government	2.7Rs bn	+46.3%	Aug 2026
Govt agencies and institutions	48.7Rs mn	+5.5%	Aug 2026
Commercial banks	249.4Rs bn	+16.9%	Aug 2026
International organisations foreign governments foreign banking institut	1,542.9Rs bn	−3.8%	Aug 2026
Assets and liabilities of the central bank: other	26.3Rs mn	−49.8%	Aug 2026
Deposits	1,795.1Rs bn	−1.3%	Aug 2026
Other liabilities and accounts	922.3Rs bn	+28.9%	Aug 2026
Liabilities	4,432.3Rs bn	+8.5%	Aug 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

CBSL holdings of government securitiesThe Central Bank's holdings of government securities, daily.2 indicators, daily, 2006–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard); CBSL Open Market Operations press releasesShow the 2 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period	Recent trend
CBSL holdings net of repo	1,202.7	−23.7%	14 Oct 2026
CBSL holdings of government securities, face value	2,492.6	−0.6%	15 Oct 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Standing facilitiesStanding facilities: deposits and lending, daily.2 indicators, daily, 2006–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Open Market Operations press releasesShow the 2 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period	Recent trend
Standing deposit facility volume	79.1	−54.2%	15 Oct 2026
Standing lending facility volume	0.0	−99.9%	15 Oct 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Market liquidityMarket liquidity, daily.2 indicators, daily, 2006–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Economic Data Library (wizard)Show the 2 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period	Recent trend
Overnight market liquidity	132.1	−22.7%	14 Oct 2026
Outstanding market liquidity	400.8	+139.7%	13 Oct 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Call market volumesCall market volumes, daily.1 indicators, daily, 2006–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Open Market Operations press releasesShow the 1 row

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period	Recent trend
Call market gross volume	45.3	−32.6%	15 Oct 2026

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Repo market volumesRepo market volumes, daily.1 indicators, daily, 2006–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Open Market Operations press releasesShow the 1 row

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period	Recent trend
Market repo gross volume	79.0	−44.9%	15 Oct 2026

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Banks' statutory reserve positionThe banks' statutory reserve position.13 indicators, monthly, quarterly and annual, 2020–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Monthly BulletinShow the 13 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period
Deposits - demand	947.5	+13.9%	Apr 2026
Deposits - time and savings	12,986.6	+8.2%	Apr 2026
Deposits - other	60.9	+15.7%	Apr 2026
Deposits - total	13,995.0	+8.6%	Apr 2026
Required reserves against deposits - demand	18.9	+13.9%	Apr 2026
Required reserves against deposits - time and savings	259.7	+8.2%	Apr 2026
Required reserves against deposits - other	1.2	+15.7%	Apr 2026
Required reserves against deposits - total	279.9	+8.6%	Apr 2026
Till cash	51.5	−15.8%	Apr 2026
Required reserves (net of till cash)	228.4	+16.2%	Apr 2026
Required reserves - cumulative	3,197.0	+8.5%	Apr 2026
Actual reserves - commercial banks' deposits with the central bank (cumulative)	3,294.3	+8.4%	Apr 2026
Excess/(Deficit) on SRR	97.3	+6.8%	Apr 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Currency in circulation by denominationCurrency in circulation by denomination.23 indicators, monthly, quarterly and annual, 2020–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Monthly BulletinShow the 23 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs mn	On a year earlier*	Period
Currency issued - total	1,682,816.7	+13.0%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 5000	1,309,857.6	+13.7%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 2000	26,722.0	+1102.1%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 1000	192,426.4	+0.8%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 500	76,105.4	+8.1%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 200	126.1	+0.1%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 100	36,707.0	+6.8%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 50	9,923.8	+10.6%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 20	10,052.8	+8.4%	Apr 2026
Notes - Rs 10	1,242.8	0.0%	Apr 2026
Notes - total	1,663,232.8	+13.1%	Apr 2026
Coins - Rs 20	149.9	0.0%	Apr 2026
Coins - Rs 10	9,965.1	+6.5%	Apr 2026
Coins - Rs 5	5,660.9	+0.7%	Apr 2026
Coins - Rs 2	1,718.3	+1.3%	Apr 2026
Coins - Rs 1	1,096.4	+0.8%	Apr 2026
Coins - 50 cents	184.8	−0.1%	Apr 2026
Coins - 25 cents	122.4	+0.3%	Apr 2026
Coins - 10 cents	39.2	+0.6%	Apr 2026
Coins - 5 cents	23.3	+1.2%	Apr 2026
Coins - 2 cents	5.7	−4.8%	Apr 2026
Coins - 1 cents	3.6	−9.2%	Apr 2026
Coins - total	19,583.8	+3.6%	Apr 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

The banks' balance sheets

Commercial banks' domestic and offshore units, and deposit turnover.

Commercial banks' balance sheet, domestic unitsCommercial banks' balance sheet, domestic banking units.35 indicators, monthly and annual, 1995–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL statistical tablesShow the 35 rows

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Indicator	Latest	On a year earlier*	Period
Cash on hand	346.8Rs bn	+14.0%	Aug 2026
Due from central bank	307.1Rs bn	−10.2%	Aug 2026
Due from domestic banks	139.4Rs bn	+14.3%	Aug 2026
Cash items in process of collection	58.8Rs bn	+101.2%	Aug 2026
Foreign currency on hand and balances due from banks abroad	1,520.9Rs bn	+28.5%	Aug 2026
Investments - govt. of Sri Lanka obligations - treasury bills	1,612.0Rs bn	−41.5%	Aug 2026
Investments - govt. of Sri Lanka obligations - treasury bonds	4,796.2Rs bn	+12.6%	Aug 2026
Investments - govt. of Sri Lanka obligations - other govt. securities	289.0Rs bn	+17.2%	Aug 2026
Investments - other investments	159.7Rs bn	−16.2%	Aug 2026
Loans and advances - bills purchased and discounted - local	1.3Rs bn	−67.1%	Aug 2026
Loans and advances - bills purchased and discounted - imports	8.9Rs bn	+8.7%	Aug 2026
Loans and advances - bills purchased and discounted - exports	39.5Rs bn	+1.3%	Aug 2026
Loans and advances - overdrafts	1,168.0Rs bn	+13.2%	Aug 2026
Loans and advances - loans	10,735.2Rs bn	+23.5%	Aug 2026
Loans and advances - total loans and advances	11,952.9Rs bn	+22.3%	Aug 2026
Fixed and other assets	1,808.0Rs bn	+17.9%	Aug 2026
Total assets or liabilities	22,990.7Rs bn	+10.9%	Aug 2026
Percentage of liquid assets to demand deposits	725.3%	−129.4 pts	Aug 2026
Percentage of loans & advances to total deposits	68.5%	+7.4 pts	Aug 2026
Paid-up capital, reserve fund and undistributed profits	2,732.3Rs bn	+14.8%	Aug 2026
Demand deposits - inter-bank - domestic	9.1Rs bn	−11.8%	Aug 2026
Demand deposits - inter-bank - foreign	11.7Rs bn	+7.3%	Aug 2026
Demand deposits - govt. of Sri Lanka	50.2Rs bn	+7.0%	Aug 2026
Demand deposits - resident constituents	1,073.2Rs bn	+15.6%	Aug 2026
Demand deposits - non resident constituents	55.2Rs bn	+1.8%	Aug 2026
Time and savings deposits - govt. of Sri Lanka	1,158.5Rs bn	−20.8%	Aug 2026
Time and savings deposits - resident constituents	12,645.5Rs bn	+11.0%	Aug 2026
Time and savings deposits - non resident constituents	2,467.2Rs bn	+16.5%	Aug 2026
Total deposits - demand	1,199.4Rs bn	+14.1%	Aug 2026
Total deposits - time and savings	16,271.1Rs bn	+8.7%	Aug 2026
Total deposits - total	17,470.5Rs bn	+9.0%	Aug 2026
Borrowings - domestic inter bank	436.6Rs bn	+24.7%	Aug 2026
Borrowings - foreign	197.5Rs bn	+16.3%	Aug 2026
Other liabilities	2,153.8Rs bn	+18.7%	Aug 2026
Liabilities total (derived)	22,990.7Rs bn	+10.9%	Aug 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Commercial banks' balance sheet, offshore unitsCommercial banks' balance sheet, offshore banking units.17 indicators, monthly and annual, 1995–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL statistical tablesShow the 17 rows

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Indicator	Latest, Rs bn	On a year earlier*	Period
Commercial banks (obus), assets
Non-Residents - non-bank	753.5	+30.9%	Aug 2026
Non-Residents - bank	745.3	+23.2%	Aug 2026
Residents - inter-obus	28.8	+50.4%	Aug 2026
Residents - BOI enterprises	517.3	−8.7%	Aug 2026
Residents - other approved enterprises	199.8	+30.2%	Aug 2026
Residents - other assets	28.3	−25.6%	Aug 2026
Residents - commercial banks	6.9	+308.9%	Aug 2026
Residents - central bank	0.0	–	Aug 2026
Commercial banks (obus), liabilities
Non-Residents - non-bank	157.8	+50.6%	Aug 2026
Non-Residents - bank	279.4	+59.3%	Aug 2026
Residents - central bank	0.0	–	Aug 2026
Residents - commercial banks	540.9	+47.2%	Aug 2026
Residents - inter-obus	99.0	−49.0%	Aug 2026
Residents - BOI enterprises	402.5	−4.3%	Aug 2026
Residents - other approved enterprises	76.5	+41.0%	Aug 2026
Residents - other liabilities	723.9	+12.5%	Aug 2026
Commercial banks (obus)
Total assets / liabilities	2,280.0	+16.3%	Aug 2026

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.

Bank debits and deposit turnoverBank debits and deposit turnover.15 indicators, monthly, quarterly and annual, 2020–2026, from CBSLFrom: CBSL Monthly BulletinShow the 15 rows

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Indicator	Latest	On a year earlier*	Period
Debits to demand deposit accounts - total for period	23,094.7Rs bn	+19.3%	2026 Q1
Debits to demand deposit accounts - monthly average	7,698.2Rs bn	+19.3%	2026 Q1
Average demand deposits	971.0Rs bn	+18.0%	2026 Q1
Rate of turnover, demand - total for period	23.78ratio	+1.0%	2026 Q1
Rate of turnover, demand - month	7.93ratio	+1.0%	2026 Q1
Debits to time deposit accounts - total for period	1,063.5Rs bn	−12.4%	2026 Q1
Debits to time deposit accounts - average	354.5Rs bn	−12.4%	2026 Q1
Average time deposits	7,696.8Rs bn	+7.8%	2026 Q1
Rate of turnover, time - total for period	0.14ratio	−18.7%	2026 Q1
Rate of turnover, time - month	0.05ratio	−18.7%	2026 Q1
Debits to savings deposit accounts - total for period	14,191.2Rs bn	+21.1%	2026 Q1
Debits to savings deposit accounts - average	4,730.4Rs bn	+21.1%	2026 Q1
Average savings deposits	3,725.8Rs bn	+14.6%	2026 Q1
Rate of turnover, savings - total for period	3.81ratio	+5.7%	2026 Q1
Rate of turnover, savings - month	1.27ratio	+5.7%	2026 Q1

* Calculated by Macro Lab from the published values.