Sri Lanka’s tax hike will help curb inflation, cut interest rates faster

Sri Lanka’s tax hike will help curb inflation, cut interest rates faster – Cenbank chief

Sri Lanka’s tight fiscal policy with new tax hikes from December 1 will help the central bank to reduce inflation and interest rates faster than it has expected, the central bank governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said.

Sri Lanka’s tax hike will help curb inflation, cut interest rates faster – Cenbank chief

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2022-11-25

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