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Official reserve assets

Reserves template: reserves and foreign-currency drains. US dollars million, monthly.

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

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About this series

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

Checks: 4 recorded for this series, listed below.

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Details

Name in the warehouse
Official reserve assets
Read from
CBSL statistical tables (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
Source page
https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/statistical-tables
Notes
IMF Reserve Data Template, tables 2.15.1 (latest month) and 2.15.2 (historical, one sheet per month back to Nov 2013). Periods after this series' own source ends are read from CBSL's Weekly Economic Indicators, which prints them weeks earlier, and marked provisional: they are first estimates, dated by the issue, and the series' own source replaces them once it catches up.

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Analysis10 Oct 2026The week to 9 October: more money from workers abroad, lending rates creeping up and a steady rupee Analysis30 Sep 2026The central bank holds its rate as core inflation and the import bill keep climbing

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 itselfJun 2023

    This series reads 3,724; the same figure from the other source reads 3,468.

    Two agencies: 3,724 and 3,468, difference 256.

    LK.EXT.RDT.OFFICIAL_RESERVE_ASSETS.M: the series' own source against the WEI

    WEI table 4.3 printed 3,468 USD mn for end June 2023; the reserve data template has 3,724. Far outside the usual revision (55 of 64 months within 20 USD mn); which figure CBSL meant is not established.

  • Two vintagesSep 2021

    This series reads 2,704; the same figure from the other source reads 2,581.

    Two agencies: 2,704.187 and 2,581.3, difference 122.887.

    LK.EXT.RDT.OFFICIAL_RESERVE_ASSETS.M: the series' own source against the WEI

    WEI table 4.3 is CBSL's first estimate of month-end reserves; the reserve data template (table 2.15) revises it a month later, in 2025-26 by 1-14 USD mn, usually upward.

  • Two vintagesMar 2022

    This series reads 1,917; the same figure from the other source reads 1,939.

    Two agencies: 1,917 and 1,938.7, difference −21.7.

    LK.EXT.RDT.OFFICIAL_RESERVE_ASSETS.M: the series' own source against the WEI

    WEI table 4.3 is CBSL's first estimate of month-end reserves; the reserve data template (table 2.15) revises it a month later, in 2025-26 by 1-14 USD mn, usually upward.

  • Two vintagesMay 2022

    This series reads 1,887; the same figure from the other source reads 1,920.

    Two agencies: 1,887 and 1,920, difference −33.

    LK.EXT.RDT.OFFICIAL_RESERVE_ASSETS.M: the series' own source against the WEI

    WEI table 4.3 is CBSL's first estimate of month-end reserves; the reserve data template (table 2.15) revises it a month later, in 2025-26 by 1-14 USD mn, usually upward.

1 more check where two vintages differ.