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Beans (retail, Dambulla)

Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 16 October 2026 (16 Oct 2026)

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About this series

  • Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Rs/kg
  • Date range 1 Aug 2016 – 16 Oct 2026
  • Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Checks: 7 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Source discrepancies

What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.

  • Disagrees with itself5 Apr 2019

    The report of 5 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 115; that day's own report gave 95.

    Price previous: 95 and 115, difference 0.211.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 115.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 95.0 (21.1% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

  • Disagrees with itself8 Apr 2019

    The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 115; that day's own report gave 100.

    Price previous: 100 and 115, difference 0.15.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 115.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 100.0 (15.0% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

  • Disagrees with itself26 Mar 2020

    The report of 26 Mar 2020 gives the previous day's price as 165; that day's own report gave 95.

    Price previous: 95 and 165, difference 0.737.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200326_e - Daily Price Report - 26 March 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 165.0, but 2020-03-23's own figure = 95.0 (73.7% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

  • Disagrees with itself27 Aug 2020

    The report of 27 Aug 2020 gives the previous day's price as 190; that day's own report gave 210.

    Price previous: 210 and 190, difference 0.095.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200827e - Daily Price Report - 27 August 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 190.0, but 2020-08-26's own figure = 210.0 (9.5% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

  • Disagrees with itself18 Mar 2022

    The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 195; that day's own report gave 190.

    Price previous: 190 and 195, difference 0.026.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 195.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 190.0 (2.6% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

  • Disagrees with itself15 Sep 2022

    The report of 15 Sep 2022 gives the previous day's price as 455; that day's own report gave 420.

    Price previous: 420 and 455, difference 0.083.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 455.0, but 2022-09-13's own Today = 420.0 (8.3% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

  • Disagrees with itself14 Aug 2026

    The report of 14 Aug 2026 gives the previous day's price as 355; that day's own report gave 470.

    Price previous: 470 and 355, difference 0.245.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260814_e - Daily Price Report - 14 August 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 355.0, but 2026-08-13's own Today = 470.0 (24.5% apart)

    The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.

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