Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Assets and Liabilities of Commercial Banks - Monthly (1995 to Latest (12 Oct 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.M · CC BY 4.0
About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rupees million
- Date range Dec 1995 – Aug 2026
- Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Checks: 7 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Commercial banks (DBUs): Loans and Advances - Loans
- Read from
- CBSL statistical tables (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/statistical-tables
- Notes
- CBSL table4.08 (monthly), 'DBUs' sheet, Assets: Loans and Advances - Loans. Domestic Banking Units (rupee business); see 'OBUs' for the Offshore Banking Units book, a separate balance sheet (LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE_OBU.*).
Source documents
Vintages
One vintage so far, published 12 Oct 2026. Revisions show here once a later release changes a value.
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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 itselfJan 2001
This series reads 220,014; the same figure from the other source reads 213,014. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 213,014.2 and 220,014.204, difference −7,000.004.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 213014.2 vs monthly December (4.08) 220014.2, diff -7000.0.
- Disagrees with itselfJan 2002
This series reads 256,296; the same figure from the other source reads 247,296. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 247,295.6 and 256,295.602, difference −9,000.002.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 247295.6 vs monthly December (4.08) 256295.6, diff -9000.0.
- Disagrees with itselfJan 2003
This series reads 307,512; the same figure from the other source reads 298,512. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 298,512.4 and 307,512.403, difference −9,000.003.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 298512.4 vs monthly December (4.08) 307512.4, diff -9000.0.
- Disagrees with itselfJan 2004
This series reads 384,616; the same figure from the other source reads 377,616. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 377,616.5 and 384,616.475, difference −6,999.975.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 377616.5 vs monthly December (4.08) 384616.5, diff -7000.0.
- Disagrees with itselfJan 2005
This series reads 498,039; the same figure from the other source reads 491,039. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 491,039.2 and 498,039.241, difference −7,000.041.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 491039.2 vs monthly December (4.08) 498039.2, diff -7000.0.
- Disagrees with itselfJan 2006
This series reads 649,814; the same figure from the other source reads 642,814. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 642,813.6 and 649,813.551, difference −6,999.951.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 642813.6 vs monthly December (4.08) 649813.6, diff -7000.0.
- Disagrees with itselfJan 2007
This series reads 764,443; the same figure from the other source reads 757,443. Compared with
LK.MON.BANKS_BALANCE.LOANS_AND_ADVANCES_LOANS.A.Two agencies: 757,442.8 and 764,442.815, difference −7,000.015.
Commercial banks (DBUs): annual (4.07) vs monthly December (4.08) disagree
Annual (4.07) 757442.8 vs monthly December (4.08) 764442.8, diff -7000.0.