World rates
Interest rates, bond yields, currencies and oil in the big economies, beside Sri Lanka's own, each working day: the price of money abroad, and how far Sri Lanka's sits above it.
23 markets, each working day
| Market | Latest | As of | 1 month | 1 year | Past year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United StatesFederal funds rate, effective | 3.88% | 13 OctFederal Reserve H.15 | +25 bp | −22 bp | |
| Euro areaECB deposit facility rate | 2.50% | 15 OctECB | +25 bp | +50 bp | |
| United KingdomBank Rate | 3.75% | 14 OctBank of England | 0 bp | −25 bp | |
| Sri LankaOvernight policy rate | 8.75% | 15 OctCBSL | 0 bp | +100 bp | |
| United StatesSOFR | 3.88% | 14 OctNew York Fed | +26 bp | −31 bp | |
| Euro areaEUR STR | 2.44% | 14 OctECB | +25 bp | +51 bp | |
| United KingdomSONIA | 3.73% | 13 OctBank of England | 0 bp | −24 bp | |
| Sri LankaCall money rate | 8.99% | 15 OctCBSL | +10 bp | +112 bp | |
| United StatesTreasury | 5.21% | 13 OctFederal Reserve H.15 | +25 bp | +116 bp | |
| Euro areaAAA government bonds | 3.51% | 14 OctECB | −3 bp | +83 bp | |
| United KingdomGilts | 5.39% | 13 OctBank of England | +9 bp | +73 bp | |
| JapanJGBs | 3.02% | 14 OctMoF Japan | +3 bp | +135 bp | |
| Sri LankaTreasury bonds | 12.08% | 15 OctPDMO | +23 bp | +89 bp | |
| US dollarrupees per US$, interbank spot | 331.12 | 15 OctCBSL | +0.6% | +9.4% | |
| Eurorupees per euro, TT selling | 378.36 | 15 OctCBSL | −2.2% | +5.8% | |
| Pound sterlingrupees per pound, TT selling | 446.15 | 15 OctCBSL | −1.2% | +8.7% | |
| Japanese yenrupees per yen, TT selling | 2.14 | 15 OctCBSL | −1.4% | +4.9% | |
| Chinese yuanrupees per yuan, TT selling | 50.79 | 15 OctCBSL | +0.8% | +16.4% | |
| Singapore dollarrupees per S$, TT selling | 263.55 | 15 OctCBSL | −0.2% | +10.6% | |
| Euro in US dollarsUS$ per euro | 1.1208 | 15 OctECB | −2.9% | −3.6% | |
| Brent crude oilUS$ a barrel | 126.55 | 14 OctUS EIA | +4.4% | +100.9% | |
| WTI crude oilUS$ a barrel | 101.91 | 14 OctUS EIA | −0.5% | +71.2% | |
| Henry Hub natural gasUS$ per million Btu | 3.22 | 14 OctUS EIA | +13.0% | +13.8% | |
Changes in rates are in basis points (100 bp = 1 percentage point), in prices and currencies in per cent. Each source publishes on its own working days and some a day or a week later, so the dates differ.
Over time
Weekly, the last value of each week.
Overnight rates
Per cent a year
10-year government bond yields
Per cent a year
Sri Lanka's 10-year yield less the US's
Percentage points: the rupee 10-year yield over the US Treasury's
Crude oil
US$ a barrel, spot
Commodity prices
World prices of what Sri Lanka sells and buys, monthly averages to September 2026, with the past five years.
What Sri Lanka sells
Tea, Colombo auctions3.73US$ per kg−7.0% on a year beforeRubber, RSS32.75US$ per kg+30.3% on a year beforeCoconut oil2,083US$ per tonne−19.8% on a year before
What Sri Lanka buys
Crude oil, average of Brent, Dubai and WTI102.3US$ per barrel+53.8% on a year beforeCoal, Australian147.1US$ per tonne+38.4% on a year beforeLiquefied natural gas, Japan14.25US$ per million Btu+24.2% on a year beforeWheat, US hard red winter347US$ per tonne+48.4% on a year beforeRice, Thai 5% broken482US$ per tonne+28.9% on a year beforeSugar, world0.41US$ per kg+17.1% on a year beforePalm oil1,180US$ per tonne+13.8% on a year beforeUrea408US$ per tonne−11.6% on a year beforeGold4,319US$ per troy ounce+17.7% on a year before
Source: The World Bank, Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Each price is also a series of its own under Prices and inflation.
About these figures
- Every row is a series of its own, with its full history to download: the US, euro area, UK and Japanese rates under Interest rates, the currencies under External sector, oil and the Pink Sheet under Prices and inflation.
- The rupee rates are the Central Bank's daily figures: the US dollar's interbank spot rate, and for the other currencies the commercial banks' average telegraphic transfer (TT) selling rate, the rate at which they sell the currency. The yen is in rupees per yen to two decimals, as the Central Bank prints it. The euro in US dollars is the ECB's reference rate. The Federal Reserve's daily dollar rates (H.10) come out a week at a time, so they are under External sector rather than here.
- The euro area's 10-year yield is the ECB's AAA curve, fitted to the bonds of the euro area's AAA-rated governments, not a single country's bond. The UK's is the Bank of England's 10-year par yield. Sri Lanka's is the bid/offer average for bonds with 9 to 10 years to run (Yield curve).
- The ECB publishes its key rates only on the day they change; here each is carried forward to every weekday until the next change. Sri Lanka's overnight policy rate dates from November 2024.
- Sources: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (H.15), public domain. Federal Reserve Bank of New York: the SOFR data is subject to the Terms of Use posted at newyorkfed.org; the New York Fed is not responsible for publication of the SOFR data by Macro Lab, does not sanction or endorse any particular republication, and has no liability for your use. Source: ECB statistics. Bank of England: contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; SONIA data copyright the Governor and Company of the Bank of England. Ministry of Finance, Japan: Public Data License 1.0. U.S. Energy Information Administration, public domain. The World Bank: CC BY 4.0. Sri Lanka: Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Ministry of Finance, Public Debt Management Office.