Sri Lanka: Financial System Stability Assessment: Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Payment Systems

Author: International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department

Volume/Issue: Volume 2007 Issue 383

Publication date: December 2007

ISBN: 9781451823608

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Banks and Banking , Labor , Money and Monetary Policy , ISCR , CR , bank , central bank , securities , CBSL , credit risk , bank exposure , interest rate , RTGS security objective , exchange-earning corporate , bank borrowing , exposure to the government , Commercial banks , Insurance companies , Insurance , Credit , Asia and Pacific

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Summary

This paper presents an update to the Financial System Stability Assessment on Sri Lanka. The paper discusses that despite a challenging macroeconomic environment characterized by a high fiscal deficit, inflationary pressures, and a widening current account, near-term risks to the financial system appear manageable. Financial soundness indicators have improved; nonetheless, stress tests suggest that banks remain relatively less resilient to interest rate and liquidity shocks. Moreover, the system faces challenges over the medium term from continued rapid credit growth, rising interest rates, and rigidities in interbank markets.