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Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation Wednesday. The ...
Once the debt restructuring is completed, Sri Lanka hopes to reduce its overall debt by $16.9 billion. The debt rework is also crucial for Sri Lanka to reach a 2.3% of GDP primary balance target ...
According to data from Sri Lanka's finance ministry, its external debt was $36.6 billion at the end of June this year. Once the debt restructuring is completed, Sri Lanka hopes to reduce its ...
Sri Lanka has been grappling with significant economic challenges, including high levels of external debt and a strained fiscal situation. The COVID-19 pandemic further exacerbated these issues, leading to reduced revenues, increased borrowing, and a decline in foreign exchange reserves. As a result, the government has been facing difficulties ...
Sri Lanka declared the country was suspending payment on most foreign debt from April 12, 2022, kindling the Indian Ocean island's first sovereign default event and ending an unblemished record of repaying external debt despite experiencing milder currency crises in the past. [ 3][ 4] By April Sri Lanka was suffering the worst monetary crisis ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's pact with creditor nations to restructure its debt prepares the way for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to consider clearing the first review of a bailout next ...
Sri Lanka has witnessed a sharp rise in foreign debt since 2010, reaching 42.6% of the country's GDP in 2019. [ 45 ] [ 46 ] By February 2022, the country had only $2.31 billion left in its reserves to repay around $4 billion of debt, including a $1 billion maturing international sovereign bond (ISB) in July. [ 47 ]
Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy in April 2022 with more than $83 billion in debt — more than half of it to foreign creditors. Its economy was plunged into crisis, with severe shortages of food ...