TT buying rate, CNY
Exchange rates, daily telegraphic transfer. Rupees, daily.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Buying and Selling Exchange Rate 2005- Latest (Telegraphic Transfers (1 Oct 2026)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rupees
- Date range 2 Jan 2017 – 30 Sep 2026
- Last checked 1 Oct 2026
Checks: 3 recorded for this series, listed below. A copy republished by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, kept to check the canonical series against.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- TT buying rate, CNY
- Read from
- CBSL rates and indicators (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/rates-and-indicators
- Notes
- CBSL 'Rates and Indicators' Exchange Rates page, IF_Buying_Selling_Exchange_Rates...xlsx: daily average buying/selling rate for Telegraphic Transfers, quoted by selected licensed banks at 9.30am (the file's own footnote). The same measure as the Data Library's LK.EXT.FX.CNY.BUY.D - see supersede().
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Vintages
One vintage so far, published 1 Oct 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
Related series
- Republishes:
LK.EXT.FX.CNY.BUY.D
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.
- Error in the source1 Oct 2018
This series reads 24.9; the same figure from the other source reads 24.02. Compared with
LK.EXT.FX.CNY.BUY.D.Two agencies: 24.899 and 24.02, difference 0.879.
LK.EXT.FX_DAILY_TT.CNY.BUY.D: IF_Buying_Selling file vs the Data Library
LK.EXT.FX_DAILY_TT.CNY.BUY.D: value 24.8994 vs Data Library 24.0200. USD/BUY 180.08 here vs ~167.0 the day before and after). A single bad row in the source file.
- Rounding10 Jan 2018
This series reads 22.9; the same figure from the other source reads 22.99. Compared with
LK.EXT.FX.CNY.BUY.D.Two agencies: 22.9 and 22.99, difference −0.09.
LK.EXT.FX_DAILY_TT.CNY.BUY.D: IF_Buying_Selling file vs the Data Library
LK.EXT.FX_DAILY_TT.CNY.BUY.D: value 22.9000 vs Data Library 22.9900. File 22.9 vs Library 22.99, both sides' neighbouring days at 23.0-23.12 - a small, plausible one-off rounding-level difference (0.09), not a data error.
- Rounding26 Apr 2018
This series reads 24.31; the same figure from the other source reads 24.25. Compared with
LK.EXT.FX.CNY.BUY.D.Two agencies: 24.308 and 24.25, difference 0.058.
LK.EXT.FX_DAILY_TT.CNY.BUY.D: IF_Buying_Selling file vs the Data Library
LK.EXT.FX_DAILY_TT.CNY.BUY.D: value 24.3081 vs Data Library 24.2500. Every currency differs from the Data Library by under 0.2 LKR on this date - the file records 4 decimal places (e.g. USD/BUY 155.5247) where the Library's copy has 2 (155.43); a precision/rounding difference between two CBSL publications of the same TT rate, not an error.