COLOMBO: The Central Bank of Sri Lanka reduced its interest rates on Thursday for the first time since the island nation declared bankruptcy after stern fiscal controls, improved foreign currency income and help from an International Monetary Fund (IMF) program resulted in inflation slowing faster than expected.
The Central Bank said in a statement that the lending and deposit interest rates were reduced by 250 basis points to 14 percent and 13 percent.
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