Thalapath (retail, Negombo)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 15 October 2026 (15 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 – 15 Oct 2026
- Last checked 15 Oct 2026
Checks: 6 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Thalapath (retail, Negombo)
- 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, Negombo retail, item as printed: 'Thalapath'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 15 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 itself24 Jan 2019
The report of 24 Jan 2019 gives the previous day's price as 950; that day's own report gave 980.
Price previous: 980 and 950, difference 0.031.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190124e_0 - Daily Price Report - 24 January 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 950.0, but 2019-01-22's own figure = 980.0 (3.1% 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 itself24 Jan 2019
The report of 24 Jan 2019 gives the previous day's price as 950; that day's own report gave 980.
Price previous: 980 and 950, difference 0.031.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190124e_1 - Daily Price Report - 23 January 2018.pdf: previous-day column = 950.0, but 2019-01-22's own figure = 980.0 (3.1% 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 itself5 Apr 2019
The report of 5 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 920; that day's own report gave 950.
Price previous: 950 and 920, difference 0.032.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190405e - Daily Price Report - 05 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 920.0, but 2019-04-04's own figure = 950.0 (3.2% 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 itself8 Apr 2019
The report of 8 Apr 2019 gives the previous day's price as 920; that day's own report gave 950.
Price previous: 950 and 920, difference 0.032.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2019/price_report_20190408e - Daily Price Report - 08 April 2019.pdf: previous-day column = 920.0, but 2019-04-05's own figure = 950.0 (3.2% 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 itself15 Sep 2022
The report of 15 Sep 2022 gives the previous day's price as 2,380; that day's own report gave 2,300.
Price previous: 2,300 and 2,380, difference 0.035.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220915e - Daily Price Report - 15 September 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 2380.0, but 2022-09-12's own Today = 2300.0 (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 itself28 Apr 2026
The report of 28 Apr 2026 gives the previous day's price as 1,960; that day's own report gave 1,400.
Price previous: 1,400 and 1,960, difference 0.4.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260428_e - Daily Price Report - 28 April 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 1960.0, but 2026-04-27's own Today = 1400.0 (40.0% 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'.