Sri Lanka Central Bank Buys US$250mn in Dec, Depreciating Rupee : Analysis

Sri Lanka central bank buys US$250mn in Dec, depreciating rupee : analysis

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank has bought 250.8 million US dollars from the people in December 2025 creating new money and sold only 28.3 million dollars back to them, official data shows, depreciating the rupee by close to three units to the dollar in the process. The rupee ended the year a tad shy of 310 to the US dollar in the spot market with some moral suasion being used. RELATED : Sri Lanka rupee ends 2025 depreciated to 309.50/60 …

Sri Lanka Central Bank Acquires $250 Million Amidst Rupee Depreciation in December

FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – In December 2025, Sri Lanka’s central bank purchased 250.8 million US dollars from the public, while selling back 28.3 million dollars, according to official data. This activity resulted in the depreciation of the rupee by nearly three rupees. By the end of the year, the rupee was trading just under 310 per US dollar in the spot market, with some moral suasion reportedly applied. There is a prevailing narrative among macro-…