Sri Lanka's consumer prices fell by 2.1 percent in November, marking the highest deflation rate since 1961. This comes after an economic crash in 2022 and subsequent measures to stabilize the economy, including an IMF bailout and austerity policies.
Colombo, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s consumer prices fell by 2.1 percent in November, the highest deflation rate recorded by the economically fragile island nation since 1961, official data showed Saturday.
An unprecedented financial crash in 2022 brought months of consumer goods shortages, with inflation peaking at nearly 70 percent that year. Since then, a $2.9 billion bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund, tax hikes, and other austerity measures have slowly made headway in repairing the island’s economy.“Headline inflation will remain negative in the next few months, deeper than previously projected, mainly due to larger downward adjustments in energy prices and reduction in volatile food prices,” Sri Lanka’s central bank said in a statement.
The bank said inflation was likely to return to its target level of five percent in the coming months.President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected in September, has vowed to maintain the IMF bailout program negotiated by his predecessor that includes higher taxes and cuts to state spending.
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