Kelawalla (retail, Narahenpita)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.
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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 18 May 2020 – 16 Oct 2026
- Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Checks: 3 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Kelawalla (retail, Narahenpita)
- Read from
- CBSL Daily Price Report (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/daily-price-report
- Notes
- Daily Price Report, Narahenpita retail, item as printed: 'Kelawalla'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 16 Oct 2026.
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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 itself21 Nov 2024
The report of 21 Nov 2024 gives the previous day's price as 2,240; that day's own report gave 2,440.
Price previous: 2,440 and 2,240, difference 0.082.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2024/price_report_20241121_e - Daily Price Report - 21 November 2024.pdf: previous-report column = 2240.0, but 2024-11-20's own Today = 2440.0 (8.2% 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 itself26 May 2026
The report of 26 May 2026 gives the previous day's price as 2,980; that day's own report gave 2,880.
Price previous: 2,880 and 2,980, difference 0.035.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260526_e - Daily Price Report - 26 May 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 2980.0, but 2026-05-25's own Today = 2880.0 (3.5% 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 itself21 Jul 2026
The report of 21 Jul 2026 gives the previous day's price as 2,340; that day's own report gave 2,980.
Price previous: 2,980 and 2,340, difference 0.215.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260721_e - Daily Price Report - 21 July 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 2340.0, but 2026-07-20's own Today = 2980.0 (21.5% 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'.