Financial Account - Direct Investments (Liabilities)
Balance of payments, quarterly. US dollars million, quarterly.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Balance of Payments (BPM6 Basis) - Quarterly (2012 1Q to Latest (30 Sep 2026)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit US dollars million
- Date range 2012 Q1 – 2026 Q2
- Last checked 30 Sep 2026
Checks: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Financial Account - Direct Investments (Liabilities)
- Read from
- CBSL statistical tables (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/statistical-tables
- Notes
- CBSL quarterly financial account, BPM6 basis (table 2.10). Net incurrence of liabilities and net acquisition of financial assets, by instrument.
Source documents
Vintages
One vintage so far, published 30 Sep 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
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- Financial Account - Direct Investments - Equity and investment fund shares - Equity other than reinvestment of earnings - Direct investor in direct investment enterprise (Liabilities)US$ 4.78 mn2026 Q2
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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.
- Two vintages2016 Q4
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 1.03 (635.4 against 636.4). Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q.Consistency: 635.366 and 636.4, difference −1.034.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_Q.LIABILITIES_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNT_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS.Q vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q disagree beyond rounding
2016-Q4 and three 2021 quarters. CBSL revision years; table2.10 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.
- Two vintages2021 Q1
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 1.81 (130.3 against 128.5). Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q.Consistency: 130.316 and 128.51, difference 1.806.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_Q.LIABILITIES_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNT_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS.Q vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q disagree beyond rounding
2016-Q4 and three 2021 quarters. CBSL revision years; table2.10 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.
- Two vintages2021 Q2
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 0.746 (132.1 against 131.4). Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q.Consistency: 132.126 and 131.38, difference 0.746.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_Q.LIABILITIES_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNT_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS.Q vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q disagree beyond rounding
2016-Q4 and three 2021 quarters. CBSL revision years; table2.10 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.
- Two vintages2021 Q3
Two figures from this source that should agree differ by 18.63 (159.5 against 178.2). Compared with
LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q.Consistency: 159.533 and 178.16, difference −18.627.
BOP mirror check: LK.EXT.BOP_Q.LIABILITIES_FINANCIAL_ACCOUNT_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS.Q vs held LK.EXT.BOP.BOP_DIRECT_INVESTMENTS_LIABILITIES.Q disagree beyond rounding
2016-Q4 and three 2021 quarters. CBSL revision years; table2.10 vs the older EXT.BOP mirror.