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Green Chilli (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 3 Jun 2019 – 16 Oct 2026
  • Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Checks: 4 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 itself26 Mar 2020

    The report of 26 Mar 2020 gives the previous day's price as 335; that day's own report gave 258.

    Price previous: 258 and 335, difference 0.298.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200326_e - Daily Price Report - 26 March 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 335.0, but 2020-03-23's own figure = 258.0 (29.8% 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 135; that day's own report gave 155.

    Price previous: 155 and 135, difference 0.129.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200827e - Daily Price Report - 27 August 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 135.0, but 2020-08-26's own figure = 155.0 (12.9% 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 275; that day's own report gave 225.

    Price previous: 225 and 275, difference 0.222.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 275.0, but 2022-09-13's own Today = 225.0 (22.2% 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 Feb 2026

    The report of 18 Feb 2026 gives the previous day's price as 205; that day's own report gave 405.

    Price previous: 405 and 205, difference 0.494.

    CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260218_e - Daily Price Report - 18 February 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 205.0, but 2026-02-16's own Today = 405.0 (49.4% 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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