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Table 281(Capital, Econ., Finance)
Key Economic Indicators (1990-2005)
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                                                                 Year                                            Item 1990 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1.EXTERNAL TRADE@i“j @ @ @ @ @ @
1.1.Terms of trade -12.5 -1.7 4.6 7.4 -5.2 -4.2
1.1.1.Export unit value index (1997=100)  9.1 -5.2 -4.1 5.5 4.0 3.3
1.1.2.Import unit value index (1997=100)  24.7 -3.6 -8.3 -1.8 9.7 7.8
1.2.Export Volume 29.7 -8.0 2.2 3.5 7.8 6.7
1.3.Import Volume 7.6 -10.7 11.4 11.2 9.0 2.7
2.EXTERNAL FINANCE  (US $ million) @ @ @ @ @ @
2.1.Current account balance -377 -215 -236 -71 -648 -650
2.1.1.Trade balance -703 -1,157 -1,406 -1,539 -2,243 -2,516
2.1.1.1.Export 1,984 4,817 4,699 5,133 5,757 6,347
2.1.1.2.Imports  2,686 5,974 6,105 6,672 8,000 8,863
2.1.2.Service and income account (net) -98 -63 42 227 215 38
2.1.3.Current private transfers (net) 362 984 1,097 1,205 1,350 1,736
2.1.4.Current official transfers (net) 62 22 31 36 30 93
2.2.Overall balance 119 220 338 502 -205 501
2.3.Current account balance (per cent of GDP) -4.7 -1.4 -1.4 0 -3.2 -2.8
2.4.External assets (months of same year imports ) 3.7 4.5 '4.9 5.8 5.2 5.7
2.5.Overall dept services ratio @ @ @ @ @ @
2.5.1.Export of goods and servicesi“j 17.8 13.2 13.2 12 11.6 7.9
2.5.2.Current receipti“j 15.3 11 10.8 9.4 9.4 6.3
2.6.Total external dept and liabilities (“ of GDP) 72.7 60 62.4 64.6 63.7 55.4
3.EXCHANGE RATES @ @ @ @ @ @
3.1.Annual average @ @ @ @ @ @
3.1.1.Rs./US $ 40.06 89.36 95.66 96.52 101.19 100.50
3.1.2.Rs./SDR 54.42 113.75 123.93 133.23 149.88 148.45
3.1.3.NEER (based on 24 currency basket 1999=100) - 85.10 78.87 73.84 67.63 67.55
3.1.4.REER (based on 24 currency basket 1999=100) - 99.19 99.93 97.25 93.61 101.92
3.2.End -year @ @ @ @ @ @
3.2.1.Rs./US $ 42.58 93.16 96.73 96.74 104.61 102.12
3.2.2.Rs./SDR 57.25 116.97 130.99 143.75 161.60 145.95
4.MONETARY AGGREGATES (change(%), Dec. to Dec.) @ @ @ @ @ @
4.1.Narrow money (M1) 12.8 3.2 14.0 16.0 16.6 22.4
4.2.Broad money (M2b) 20.1 13.6 13.4 15.3 19.6 19.1
4.3.Net foreign assets of the banking system 115.7 6.6 49.3 51.0 1.9 20.3
4.4.Net domestic assets 13.4 14.8 7.8 7.6 25.0 18.7
4.5.Domestic credit from the banking system to @ @ @ @ @ @
4.5.1.Government (net) 0.7 36.7 -4.1 -11.0 25.1 11.9
4.5.2.Public corporations 12.8 6.7 5.4 15.9 13.8 -59.5
4.5.3.Private sector 24.3 8.9 12.0 16.9 22.1 21.5
4.6.Reserve money 17.9 7.0 12.3 11.9 20.9 15.8
4.7.Money multiplier for M2b 2.87 4.88 4.92 5.08 5.02 5.16
4.8.Velocity of M 2b 3.55 2.76 2.69 2.65 2.61 2.53
5.INTEREST RATES (ANNUM (%) AT END YEAR) @ @ @ @ @ @
5.1.Repurchase rate (overnight) - 12.00 9.75 7.00 7.50 8.75
5.2.Rediscount rate (overnight) /Reverse repo rate - 14.00 11.75 8.50 9.00 10.25
5.3.Treasury bill rate @ @ @ @ @ @
5.3.1.91 days 17.41 12.92 9.92 7.35 7.25 10.10
5.3.2.364 days 18.36 13.74 9.91 7.24 7.65 10.37
5.4.Deposit rates @ @ @ @ @ @
5.4.1.Commercial banks' weighted average deposit 12.9 10.8 7.5 5.3 5.3 6.2
5.4.2.Commercial banks' 12 month fixed deposit (max) 21.0 14.5 11.0 7.8 9.8 11.5
5.4.3.NSB savings 16.2 8.4 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
5.4.4.NSB 12 months fixed deposit 18.5 13.0 10.0 7.0 8.0 9.0
5.5.Lending rates @ @ @ @ @ @
5.5.1.Commercial banks' weighted average prime lending 18.5 14.3 12.2 9.3 10.2 12.2
5.5.2.Bills purchased & discounted 14.5-'30.0 13.0-24.0 10.0-23.0 7.0-19.0 7.2-20.7 7.0-31.0
6.CAPITAL MARKET @ @ @ @ @ @
6.1.All Share price Index (1985=100) 384.0 621.0 815.1 1,062.10 1,506.9 1,922.2
6.2.Sensitive price indexi1985=100)^Milanka Price Index(1998.12=100) 680.0 1,031.0 1,374.60 1,897.8 2,073.7 2,451.1
6.3.Value of shares traded (Rs.million) 1,563 13,905 30,183 73,629 59,052 114,599
6.4.Net purchases by non- nationals (Rs. Million) 391 -1,025 2,442 209 1,109 6,145
6.5.Market capitalization (Rs.billion) 37.0 124.0 162.6 262.8 382.1 584
© ‚Q‚O‚O‚VC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source: 
Annual Report, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Revised:  2007(y)/05(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.