Central Bank sales of foreign exchange to commercial banks

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

Values

Latest · Sep 2026US$ 20.80 mn+20.80 on Aug 2026

Period	US dollars million	Change
Sep 2026	20.80	+20.80
Aug 2026	0.00	0.00
Jul 2026	0.00	−25.80
Jun 2026	25.80	−88.4
May 2026	223.30	+132.8
Apr 2026	95.90	+34.1
Mar 2026	71.50	+71.50
Feb 2026	0.00	−9.50
Jan 2026	9.50	−49.5
Dec 2025	18.80	+13.9
Nov 2025	16.50	+73.7
Oct 2025	9.50	+9.50

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 sales of foreign exchange to 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.

Feb 2025 8 → 147 Mar 2025 → 27 Mar 2026
Dec 2025 28.3 → 18.82 Jan 2026 → 27 Feb 2026
Jan 2025 35 → 297 Feb 2025 → 27 Feb 2026
Mar 2023 55.09 → 55.112 Apr 2023 → 3 May 2024
Feb 2023 33.44 → 33.410 Mar 2023 → 5 Apr 2024
Jan 2023 137.64 → 137.610 Feb 2023 → 7 Mar 2024
Dec 2022 170.64 → 181.513 Jan 2023 → 2 Feb 2024
Nov 2022 212.69 → 212.79 Dec 2022 → 5 Jan 2024

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