Weekly Economic Indicators - 18 September 2026

18 September 2026 Highlights of the Week Real Sector

The Sri Lankan economy grew by 4.2 per cent in Q2 2026 compared to 5.0 per cent growth in Q2 2025. Accordingly, Industry and Services activities grew by 7.3 per cent and 2.7 per cent, respectively, while Agriculture activities contracted by 2.3 per cent.

Furthermore, taxes less subsidies on products recorded an 11.9 per cent growth.

Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increased by 0.2 per cent in July 2026 to 101.5 compared to July 2025, mainly contributed by the increases reported in the manufacture of Food products (10.1 per cent) and Other non-metallic mineral products (6.3 per cent).

In August 2026, Purchasing Managers’ Indices (PMIs) indicated an expansion in both Manufacturing and Services activities.

During the initial part of the period from 14 to 18 September 2026, crude oil prices increased to their highest levels since end May 2026, amidst heightened supply concerns following attacks on Saudi oil pipelines. Subsequently, prices declined as Saudi Arabia

began supplying crude oil cargoes through alternative routes, easing concerns over supply disruptions. Nevertheless, both

benchmark prices remained above US dollars 100 per barrel at the end of the period. Overall, by the end of the period, Brent and

WTI crude oil prices had decreased by US dollars 3.89 and US dollars 1.38 per barrel, respectively, compared to a week earlier.

Monetary Sector

Weekly Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) for the week ending September 2026 increased by bps to

10.76 per cent compared to the previous week.

The Average Weighted Call Money Rate (AWCMR) increased to 8.91 per cent on 18 September 2026 compared to 8.87 per cent at the end of last week.

The reserve money increased compared to the previous week mainly due to the increase in currency in circulation.

The total outstanding market liquidity was a surplus of Rs. 359.79 bn by 18 September 2026 compared to a surplus of Rs. 366.11 bn by the end of last week.

By 18 September 2026, the All-Share Price Index (ASPI) decreased by 1.53 per cent to 21,056.26 points and the S&P SL 20 Index decreased by 1.23 per cent to 5,928.89 points, compared to the index values of last week.

Fiscal Sector

During the week, Treasury Bill yields remained broadly stable in both primary and secondary markets, while Treasury Bond yields marginally increased in the secondary market.

The rupee value of Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds held by foreign investors decreased by approximately 3.4 percent in the reporting week compared to the previous week.

In the reporting week, the auction for Treasury Bills experienced an oversubscription rate of approximately 2.5 times and Treasury Bonds experienced an oversubscription rate of approximately 2.1 times.

The total volume of secondary market transactions in Treasury Bills and Treasury Bonds increased by approximately 15.6 per cent in the reporting week compared to the week before.

External Sector

Year to date depreciation of Sri Lanka rupee against the US dollar was 6.7 per cent as of 18 September 2026.

REALSECTOR 1.1 Price Indices

NCPI(2021=100) NCPI-Year-on-Year%

CCPI(2021=100)

Source:Departmentof Censusand Statistics

1.2 Prices 1.2.1 Pettah Market

Average Wholesale Prices Average Retail Prices Item (Rs./kg)

1.2.2 Marandagahamula Market

Average Wholesale Priceof Rice Item (Rs./kg)

n.a.-notavailable

1.2.3 Dambulla Market Narahenpita Economic Centre-Retail Prices

Average Wholesale Prices

Item (Rs./kg) Beans

Week Ago This Week 2026 2025

Rice-Nadu (White)

1.2.4 Narahenpita Economic Centre

/.

s220 Average Retail Prices R Item (Rs./kg)

Week Ago This Week 200

Nadu (White) 230.00 230.00

Kekulu (Red) 190.00 190.00

1.2.5 Fish Markets

Peliyagoda Negombo Narahenpita

n.a.-notavailable

1.3GDPby Industrial Originat Constant (2015) Prices-Growth Rates

Annual Quarterly

Item (b) RealGDPGrowth

2024 2025 2025Q2 2026Q2

(b) Provisional

Source:Departmentof Censusand Statistics

1.4 Agricultural Production

Tea Production June %

Item 28

mn

May-June 16

Coconut (mnnuts) 555500..98 493.0

(a) Provisional Sources:Sri Lanka Tea Board

Rubber Development Department (b) Datafor2025and2026havebeenobtainedfromthe Coconut Development Authorityand Coconut Development Authority

1.5 Indexof Industrial Production (IIP)(2015=100)(a)

July %

(a) Major7subdivisions

(b) Revised

(c) Provisional

1.6 Purchasing Managers'Index (PMI)

70 PMIManufacturing x 60

PMIServices x

nI

nI

(a) Aspertheinternationalbestpractices,headlinePMIsfor Servicesand Constructionare Services -Manufacturing,itisaweightedaverageoffivesub-indices.Further,Manufacturing Production Index,Services Business Activity Indexand Construction Total Activity Indexarethecomparable figuresofPMI.

1.7 Employment

(b) Unemployment Rate

(c) R4.5

Employed Personsby Sectors (asa%of Total Employment)

2025 — 2025Q1 2026Q1

1.8 Wage Rate Indices

Informal Private Sector Employees' e

Wage Rate Index (2018=100)-Nominal I Informal Private Sector (2018=100)

1.9 Average Crude Oil Prices

Prices (DAP) WTI 120

Prices (DAP) WTI

Price)

January b

/

February 75.12 71.37 76.32 69.16 64.33 66.67 $

March 71.41 67.88 83.33 99.74 91.72 66.48

April 66.96 63.54 83.47 102.73 97.55 73.19

May 63.96 60.86 75.75 104.92 99.51 136.66

June 70.13 68.14 70.79 85.74 82.81 117.14

July 69.29 66.94 66.70 83.48 78.28 104.02 Aug21 Nov22 Feb24 May25 Aug26

August 67.47 64.23 66.84 87.94 82.35

67.63 63.69 73.51 Crude Oil Prices-Daily

September

October 64.25 60.33 72.86 130

WTI

November 63.69 59.51 72.59

l110 · Brent

December 61.81 58.02 68.40

/

Annual Avg. 68.25 64.90 7733..2829 $90

Date 2025 2026

11-Sep 67.52 63.69 107.99 102.72

12-Sep 65.92 61.90 - -

14-Sep - - 106.96 102.26

15-Sep 67.27 62.99 107.09 102.88

16-Sep 67.64 63.48 108.16 104.82

Sources:Bloomberg,Ceylon Petroleum Corporation

17-Sep 68.40 64.46 105.82 102.19

18-Sep 67.69 63.76 104.10 101.34

1.10 Daily Electricity Generation

Electricity Generationby Source

Hydro

Wh G30

Thermal Coal (GWh) 12.16 12.03 11.85 12.19

Thermal Oil (GWh) 12.69 12.87 11.11 10.23

Wind (GWh) 0.19 0.34 1.97 3.43

Solar (GWh) 8.88 6.59 6.50 8.03

Biomass (GWh) 0.29 0.27 0.40 0.40 uJ uJ

(a) Thehouseholdpopulationaged15andabove

(b) Averageoffourquarters Source::National System Operator (Pvt) Ltd

(c) Basedonthe International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC)-Revision4 (d)CPCimportpricesarenotdirectlycomparablewithfuturespricesofWTIand Brent,asCPC'simportpricesincludefreight/premiumchargesandthepriceisweightedforaverage

(e) Provisional

MONETARYSECTOR 2.1 Interest Rates (% p.a.)

OPRandAWCMR

Policy Interest Rate Year Ago Week Ago This Week

n8.75

Call Money Market e r8.50

Average Weighted Call Money Rate P8.25

(AWCMR)(Endofthe Week) 8.00

(b) — 7.75

Treasury Bill Yields (Primary Market)

Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR) 8.07 10.73 10.76

Dateof Maturity

Treasury Bond Auction

(a) Witheffectfrom27 November2024,theOPRisdefinedasthepolicyinterestrateofthe Central Bank.SDFRandSLFRarelinkedtotheOPRwithamarginof±50bps.

(b) Ratesaresourcedfromthe Public Debt Management Office (PDMO)

(c) Thebankhasnotgrantedloansduringthisweektoprimecustomers,hencethelatestavailableratehasbeenprovided.

2.2 Money Supply

Rs.bn Annual Change (%)

10 p

Ma Ma

2.3 Reserve Moneyand Currencyin Circulation

Reserve Money Currencyin Circulation

. — 1,600

s1,600 b R .

s1,400

2.4 Money Market Activity (Overnight)

Call Money Market 14-Sep-2026 15-Sep-2026 16-Sep-2026 17-Sep-2026 18-Sep-2026

AWCMR 8.88 8.89 8.89 8.90 8.91

Gross Volume (Rs.bn) 34.83 49.31 44.94 41.86 46.43

Repo Market 14-Sep-2026 15-Sep-2026 16-Sep-2026 17-Sep-2026 18-Sep-2026

2.5CBSLSecurities Portfolio

(a) Provisional

(b) InrelationtoM2b

2.6 Open Market

Item 14.09.2026 15.09.2026 16.09.2026 17.09.2026 18.09.2026

Short-Term Auction

Repo Amount Offered (Rs. bn) 70.00 20.00 40.00 20.00 60.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 60.00 30.00

Tenure (No. of Days)

Bids Received (Rs. bn) 56.50 20.00 5.00 - 59.35 35.00 49.50 - 30.50 -

Amount Accepted (Rs. bn) 56.50 20.00 5.00 - 59.35 35.00 49.50 - 30.50 -

Minimum Accepted Rate ( % p.a.) 8.64 8.75 8.69 - 8.68 8.75 8.68 - 8.73 -

Weighted Average Yield Rate (% p.a.) 8.72 8.75 8.70 - 8.71 8.75 8.71 - 8.75 -

Outright Auctions

Long Term Auction

Repo Amount Offered (Rs. bn) - - - 20.00 -

Minimum Accepted Rate ( % p.a.) - - - 9.19 -

Maximum Accepted Rate ( % p.a.) - - - 9.19 -

Weighted Average Yield Rate (% p.a.) - - - 9.19 -

Liquidity Support Facility Auction

Standing Facility

Standing Deposit Facility (Rs. bn) 58.06 88.59 52.09 58.89 94.41

Standing Lending Facility (Rs. bn) 3.16 1.04 0.00 0.55 0.12

Total Overnight Market Liquidity (Rs. bn) 131.40 92.55 146.44 107.84 124.79

(a) 381.40 347.55 356.44 352.84 359.79

Total Outstanding Market Liquidity (Rs. bn)

(a) Total Outstanding Market Liquidity represents overnight liquidity adjusted for outstanding amounts of term repo/reverse repo transactions of the Central Bank with market participants.

2.7 Credit Cardsand Commerical Paper Issues 2.7.1 Credit Cards

2.7.2 Commercial Paper Issues (b)

December2025 May2026 June2026

Total Issues-Cumulative · (Rs.bn)

Outstanding (asatendoftheperiod)(Rs.bn) 1.4 3.6 3.6

(a) Issuedby Licensed Commercial Banks (LCBs)

(b) Provisional (c) BasedontheinformationprovidedbyLCBsand Licensed Specialised Banks (LSBs)

(d) Year-to-datetotal (e) Totalcumulative Commercial Paperissuancesincluderolloverissuances Commerical Papers Issues (Cumulative) Outstanding Balanceof Credit Cards

b — b185

s3 s

2.8 Share Market

Share Market Indices-Daily

All Share Price Index (1985=100)(ASPI)

S&PSri Lanka20 Index (2004=1,000)(S&PSL20) — 6,000

I — 2

S20,000

5,000

f &

o18,000 S

4,000

n16,000 e

nI

Source:Colombo Stock Exchange

FISCALSECTOR 3.1 Government Finance (Rs.Bn)

Central Government Debt

(b) End Feb.2026-End May2026

3.2 Outstanding Central Government Debt (Rs.Bn)

29,994.69 30,795.04 Sources:Ministryof Finance,Planningand Economic Development

Total Outstanding Central Government Debt

Central Bankof Sri Lanka Note:Withtheestablishmentofthe Public Debt Management Office (PDMO)underthe Ministryof Finance,Planningand Economic Development (MOF),theresponsibilityforrecordingandpublishing Sri Lanka’spublicdebt nowfallsunderthePDMO,asmandatedbytheprovisionsofthe Public Debt Management Act,No.33of2024.Accordingly,the Quarterly Statistical Debt Bulletin,publishedbythePDMO,willserveastheofficialsourcefor debtstatistics.The Central Bankcompilesandpresents Outstanding Central Government Debttable (Table No.3.2)basedondatareceivedfromtheMOFtoensuredatacontinuity,followingthe Government Finance Statistics

3.3 Government Securities-Primaryand Secondary Market Yield Ratesforthe Week Ending-17 September2026

3.3.1 Treasury Billsand Treasury Bonds Primary Market (g)% Secondary Market (h)%

This Week · Last Week

Security Maturity Last Week This Week

Source:Public Debt Management Office,Ministryof Finance,Planningand Economic Development

TSheipst Weemebke.. — STehpitsem Webere1k7,20..

LSaesptt Weemebke.. — SLeapstetm Webere10k,20..

d — d12.3

ei ei

Y — Y10.8

(b) Aspertheguidelinesofcompilinggovernmentdebtstatisticsinthe Manualof Government Finance StatisticspublishedbytheIMFin2014,residentholdingsofoutstandingISBsof

the Sri Lankan Governmenthavebeenclassifiedunderdomesticdebt.Further,debtstatisticsarepresentedonnetbasis (netofdeposits)

(c) TheoutstandingcentralgovernmentdebtexcludesseveraldebtservicepaymentsthatbecameoverdueaŌer12 April2022,thedateofwhichthe Interim Policyregardingthe servicingof Sri Lanka’sexternalpublicdebtwasannouncedbythe Ministryof Finance,Planningand Economic Development.Thesedebtservicepaymentscompriseofcertain overdueinterestpaymentsofaffecteddebtwhichdeemedtobecapitalizedasperthe Interim Policy.

(d) Includesoutstandingbalanceofthegovernmentguaranteedforeigncurrencydebtofthe Ceylon Petroleum Corporationthatwasabsorbedintocentralgovernmentdebt.

(e) From December2022onwards,severaloutstandingprojectloanswhichwerepreviouslyclassifiedunder Ceylon Electricity Board,Airportand Aviation Services Ltd.and Sri Lanka Ports (f) Foreignloandebtstatisticsarepreparedbasedonthedatasourcedfromthe Commonwealth Secretariat Debt Recordingand Management System (CS-DRMS)maintainedbythe Ministryof Finance,Planningand Economic Development.

(g) Primarymarkettransactionsduringtheweekending17 September2026 (h) Averageofthesecondarymarketquotes 3.3.2 International Sovereign Bonds Maturity Secondary Market

Security Description

International

Sovereign

3.4 Government Securities-Weekly Summaryof Primaryand Secondary Market

Transactionsforthe Week Ending-17 September2026

Volumein Rs.Mn Item Last Week This Week

Outstanding Stockof Government Securities

(b) Volumein Rs.Mn

Primary Market Activities Last Week This Week Treasury Bills

PhaseI,Pricebased Competitive Bidding Auction

Treasury Bonds

PhasesI,IIandIII

Volumein Rs.Mn

Secondary Market Activities Last Week This Week

Treasury Bills

T.reasury Bonds

Sources:Public Debt Management Office,Ministryof Finance,Planningand Economic Development

Bloomberg (b) LimitedtoT-BillandT-Bondissuancesunderregularissuanceprocess.

3.5 Two Way Quotes (Treasury Bills) - 18 September 2026

Buying & Selling

3.6 Two Way Quotes (Treasury Bonds) - 18 September 2026

Maturity Date Buying & Selling

3.7 Treasury Bonds issued pursuant to the Domestic Debt Optimisation & External Debt Restructuring Programme

Maturity Date Buying & Selling

Source: Public Debt Management Office, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

EXTERNALSECTOR 4.1 Exchange Rate

18-Sep-26 Average Rate GBP

Daily Exchange Rates

USD

(USDmn) August July August

Purchases 356.0 348.6 579.0

Item Year Ago Week Ago 18-Sep-26

Average Daily Interbank Volume (USDmn) 48.83 53.00 36.05

Forward Transactions

Forward Rates (RsperUSD)

4.2 Tourism &Workers'Remittances

(f) (f)

(f) (f)

(g) (g)

0'

s — 700

a Dmn v200 S

i — 600

2025

f 500

o — 2026

N — 400

(a) Commercial Bank Average Middle Rate (prevailingat9.30a.m.)

(b) Central Bankmiddleexchangerate Sources:Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA)

(c) Totalmonthlypurchasesandsalesofforeignexchangebythe Central Bankfromcommercialbanksatmarketrates. Central Bankof Sri Lanka (d) The Central Bankforeignexchangeinterventiondataarebasedonvaluedate.

(e) Weeklyaveragebasedonactualtransactions.

(f) Provisional (g) The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authorityhasrevisedthemethodologyofcompilingmonthlyearningsfromtourismestimatesin May2026toenhancetheaccuracyandrepresentativenessofsuchestimates (h) Workers'remiƩancesmayincludeotherremiƩances,suchasthosereceivedfollowing Cyclone Ditwah.

4.3 Official Reserve Assetsasatend August2026 (USDMn)

Official Reserve Assets — 6,905

Foreign Currency Reserves — 6,690

ReservepositionintheIMF — 4

SDRs — 1

Gold — 210

Other Reserve Assets 0

4.4 International Reserves&Foreign Currency Liquidityasatend July2026 (USDMn)

Official Reserve Assets — 6,600

Foreign Currency Reserves — 6,368

(a) Securities — 3,346

(b) Totalcurrencyanddepositswith — 3,022

(i)othernationalcentralbanks,BISandIMF — 1,898

(ii)banksheadquarteredinsidethereportingcountryofwhichlocatedabroad 1

(iii)banksheadquarteredoutsidethereportingcountry — 1,123

ReservepositionintheIMF — 4

SDRs — 37

Gold — 192

Other Reserve Assets — 0

Predetermined Short-Term Net Drainson Foreign Currency Assets (USDmn)

Maturitybreakdown (residualmaturity)

Morethan1 Morethan3

Item Total Upto1

andupto3 monthsand

month

months upto1year

inflows (+) Principal

inflows (+) Interest

currenciesvis-à-visthedomesticcurrency (includingtheforwardlegof (3,721) (559) (660) (2,502)

currencyswaps)

(e) — (2,502)

inflowsrelatedtoreverserepos (+)

ouƞlowsrelatedtorepos (–)

otheraccountspayable (–) (2) (2)

(a) Provisional

(b) ThisincludesproceedsfromthePBOCswaparrangement,whichissubjecttoconditionalitiesonusability.

(c) Thismainlyincludesthepredeterminedouƞlows.

(d) ThesenetdrainsincludetheouƞlowsrelatedtotherestructuringtermsagreedwiththeISBholdersin December2024.

(e) AmajorshareofSWAPoutstandingwillberolledover.

4.5 External Trade

Jan-July (USDmn) Jan-July (Rs.mn)

(b) 2025 22002256(b) 2026

4.6 Trade Indices (2010=100)

Exports Trade Indices

Imports Termsof Trade (2010=100)

2,000 — e110

ul

Dmn1,000 a100

Dmn

U e90

1,500 d 800 n I80

4.7 Commodity Prices USD LKR

Tea Prices (Auction) Rice Prices (Imported) Crude Oil (Imported)

(a) Valuesinsometableshavebeenroundedofftothenearestfinaldigit.

(b) Provisional (c) InUSDTerms