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THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025
Sri Lanka inflation climbs as food prices rise

South Asia

BSS/AFP
29 June, 2024, 11:50 am
Last modified: 29 June, 2024, 11:57 am

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Sri Lanka inflation climbs as food prices rise

At the height of Sri Lanka's economic crisis when it defaulted on its foreign debt in 2022, inflation had risen to nearly 70%

BSS/AFP
29 June, 2024, 11:50 am
Last modified: 29 June, 2024, 11:57 am
Sri Lankan drivers push auto rickshaws to buy petrol from a fuel station amid an economic crisis last year. The country’s 69.8% inflation in September 2022 declined to only 4% in August 2023 due to the government’s rapid and effective measures to stabilise the economy. 
Photo: Reuters
Sri Lankan drivers push auto rickshaws to buy petrol from a fuel station amid an economic crisis last year. The country’s 69.8% inflation in September 2022 declined to only 4% in August 2023 due to the government’s rapid and effective measures to stabilise the economy. Photo: Reuters

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's annual inflation almost doubled to 1.7%t in June, up from 0.9% the previous month, as food prices began rising again, official data showed Saturday.

The Census and Statistics department data came days after Sri Lanka secured a deal with its bilateral creditors to restructure $10 billion in debt, a key condition to maintain an IMF bailout programme.

Food inflation returned, with prices rising 1.04% in the year to June, having been flat a month earlier, the department said.

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At the height of Sri Lanka's economic crisis when it defaulted on its foreign debt in 2022, inflation had risen to nearly 70%.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka expressed hope on Saturday that it would be able to maintain overall inflation below 5.0% for 2024.

The country is due to hold a presidential election this year, and opposition parties have vowed to renegotiate the terms of the IMF bailout, which has led to painful austerity measures.

The IMF has said it is willing to listen to alternative proposals from rival political parties, but stressed that the benchmarks set in the bailout had to be adhered to.

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