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Gross Official Reserves - Months of Imports

International Reserves of Sri Lanka. Months, monthly.

Level, quarterlyLevel, annual

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Monthly Economic Indicators - August 2026 (2 Oct 2026)

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About this series

  • Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
  • Unit Months
  • Date range Jan 2016 – Jul 2026
  • Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Checks: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Details

Name in the warehouse
International Reserves of Sri Lanka: Gross Official Reserves - Months of Imports
Read from
CBSL Monthly Bulletin (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page
https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators
Notes
CBSL Monthly Bulletin table 48. No held series carries reserves split by holder at any frequency reaching 2026. Months after this series' own source ends are read from CBSL's Monthly Economic Indicators and marked provisional; the series' own source replaces them once it catches up.

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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 itselfDec 2019

    This series reads 4.6; the same figure from the other source reads 4.2.

    Two agencies: 4.6 and 4.2, difference 0.4.

    LK.EXT.BULLETIN_RESERVES.GROSS_OFFICIAL_RESERVES_MONTHS_OF_IMPORTS.M: the series' own source against the MEI

    The MEI's End December column gives 4.2 months, the Monthly Bulletin 4.6; the two apparently divide by different import months. Also 2023-12 (3.9 against 3.1).

  • Disagrees with itselfDec 2023

    This series reads 3.14; the same figure from the other source reads 3.9.

    Two agencies: 3.135 and 3.9, difference −0.765.

    LK.EXT.BULLETIN_RESERVES.GROSS_OFFICIAL_RESERVES_MONTHS_OF_IMPORTS.M: the series' own source against the MEI

    MEI 3.9 months against the Monthly Bulletin's 3.1 for end December 2023.

  • Two vintagesJul 2022

    This series reads 1.08; the same figure from the other source reads 1.

    Two agencies: 1.078 and 1, difference 0.078.

    LK.EXT.BULLETIN_RESERVES.GROSS_OFFICIAL_RESERVES_MONTHS_OF_IMPORTS.M: the series' own source against the MEI

    2022-07/08: the MEI's first figure (1.0, 1.1 months) against the Bulletin's later one (1.08, 1.03), after imports were revised.

  • Two vintagesAug 2022

    This series reads 1.03; the same figure from the other source reads 1.1.

    Two agencies: 1.029 and 1.1, difference −0.071.

    LK.EXT.BULLETIN_RESERVES.GROSS_OFFICIAL_RESERVES_MONTHS_OF_IMPORTS.M: the series' own source against the MEI

    2022-07/08: the MEI's first figure (1.0, 1.1 months) against the Bulletin's later one (1.08, 1.03), after imports were revised.

1 more check where two vintages differ.