Central Bank purchases of foreign exchange from commercial banks

Central Bank purchases and sales of foreign exchange. US dollars million, monthly.

Values

Latest · Sep 2026US$ 85.00 mn−85.3% on Aug 2026

Period	US dollars million	Change
Sep 2026	85.00	−85.3
Aug 2026	579.00	+66.1
Jul 2026	348.60	+262.0
Jun 2026	96.30	+702.5
May 2026	12.00	−85.5
Apr 2026	83.00	−31.0
Mar 2026	120.30	−73.9
Feb 2026	461.00	+119.7
Jan 2026	209.80	−23.0
Dec 2025	272.50	+200.1
Nov 2025	90.80	+65.1
Oct 2025	55.00	−70.7

Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Weekly Economic Indicators - 09 October 2026 (9 Oct 2026)

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Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
Unit US dollars million
Date range Aug 2013 – Sep 2026
Last checked 9 Oct 2026

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Details

Name in the warehouse: Central Bank purchases of foreign exchange from commercial banks
Read from: CBSL Weekly Economic Indicators (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page: https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/weekly-indicators
Notes: The month's total purchases and sales of foreign exchange by the Central Bank from commercial banks at market rates (USD mn), from the exchange rate table of CBSL's Weekly Economic Indicators (from August 2013). Each issue prints the latest month, the month before and the same month a year earlier; every reading is kept as a vintage, and the latest is shown. A '-' in the table (no transactions) is 0. From February 2026 the figures are on a value-date basis, and the 2025 months those issues print as a year earlier were restated on that basis; earlier months were not. Net purchases are purchases less sales, from the same issue.

Source documents

Weekly Economic Indicators - 09 October 2026CBSL · 9 Oct 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators - 02 October 2026CBSL · 2 Oct 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators - 25 September 2026CBSL · 25 Sep 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators - 18 September 2026CBSL · 18 Sep 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators - 11 September 2026CBSL · 11 Sep 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators - 04 September 2026CBSL · 4 Sep 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators -28 August 2026CBSL · 28 Aug 2026 · 3 values Weekly Economic Indicators -21 August 2026CBSL · 21 Aug 2026 · 3 values

Vintages

400 vintages, the latest published 9 Oct 2026.

Sep 2025 177.3 → 187.83 Oct 2025 → 9 Oct 2026
Aug 2025 142.5 → 3564 Sep 2025 → 25 Sep 2026
Jul 2025 81.8 → 727 Aug 2025 → 28 Aug 2026
Jun 2025 119.5 → 137.54 Jul 2025 → 31 Jul 2026
May 2025 260.8 → 2856 Jun 2025 → 26 Jun 2026
Apr 2025 169.8 → 214.52 May 2025 → 29 May 2026
Mar 2025 401.9 → 334.14 Apr 2025 → 30 Apr 2026
Feb 2025 78.3 → 557 Mar 2025 → 27 Mar 2026

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