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SUMMARY OF SELECTED ECONOMIC INDICATORS

June 2001

Item				Period	Unit	2000	2001	% Change
1. PRODUCTION
		a). Tea		Jan .- May	Mn. Kgs.	132.6	135.2	2.0
		b). Rubber		Jan .- May	Mn. Kgs.	37.2	37.6	1.1
		c). Coconut		Jan.- April	Mn.Nuts	932.0	935.0	0.3
		d). Fish		Jan. - March	MT	74025	77525	4.7
						1999/2000	2000/2001
		e). Paddy		Maha⁽^a)	'000 MT	1781	1562	-12.3
						1999	2000
				Yal a(b)	'000 M T	¹¹²⁰	¹⁰⁷⁸	^-3.8
						²⁰⁰⁰	²⁰⁰¹
		f). Electricity Generation(c)		^{Jan^{- June}}	Gwh.	3350	3402	1.6
		g) Private Sector Industrial
		Volume Index		Jan .- May	1997 = 100	125.1	126.2	0.9
		h) Public Sector Major Industrial
		Output Index		Jan .- May	1977 = 100	135.8	105.2	-22.5
²	^{EXTERNAL SECTOR}
		a). External Trade(d)
		Exports		Jan .- May	US$ Mn.	2012	1996	-0.8
		Imports		Jan .- May	US$ Mn.	2906	2684	-7.6
		Balance of Trade		Jan .- May	^{US$ Mn.}	-894	-689	22.9
		b). Balance of Payments				²⁰⁰⁰	²⁰⁰¹
		Trade Account			US$ Mn.	-495.8	-328.0	33.8
		Current Account			US$ Mn.	-258.7	-127.5	50.7
		Overall Balance			US$ Mn.	-3.3	17.5	630.3
						End Dec.'00	^{End April'01}
		Total Reserves			US$ Mn.	2131	2214	3.9
³	^{GOVT. FINANCE}					²⁰⁰⁰	200¹
		a). Revenue		^{Jan. - April}	Rs. Mn.	66781	75526	13.1
		b). Current Expen.		^{Jan. - April}	Rs. Mn.	82186	97707	18.9
⁴	^{MONEY & SHARE MKTS.}
		a). Money Supply
		Narrow Money M₁		End May	Rs. Mn.	106417	110163	3.5
		_{^{Broad Money M2}}		End May	Rs. Mn.	365197	406112	11.2
			Consolidated Broad Money(M2b)(e)	End May	Rs. Mn.	435694	498291	14.4
		b)share Market
		_^ASPI		End June	1985 = 100	513.6	428.0	-16.7
		_^MPI		End June	1998.12.31=1000	853.2	641.1	-24.0
		_{^{Market Capitalisation}}		End June	Rs. Bn.	101.4	85.2	-16.0
5	PRICES
		(Annual Avg. % Change)		12 months ending
		a). CDCPI		June	Oct.1996 -	1.5	8.7
					Sep. 1997=100

		b) WPI		April	1974 = 100	-0.5	5.1

		c). CCPI		June	1952 = 100	3.7	12.2

		d). GCPI		May	1989 = 100	1.3	7.5
(a) Sep\Oct-March\April _⁽c_{^{) Includes power generated by the CEB and private sector}}
(b) Apri\May-Aug\Sep (d) Excluding Aircraft
(e_{^{) inclusive of FCBUs}}

1. QUARTERLY GDP ESTIMATES

	Sector	First Quarter			Growth rates (%)		Contribution to Growth (%) First Quarter
		( Rs .Mn.)			First Quarter		Contribution to Growth (%) First Quarter
		1999	2000	2001(a)	00/99	01/00	2000	2001
1	Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	45997	47066	45353	2.3	-3.6	8.3	-64.9
2	Mining and Quarrying	3812	4117	4317	8.0	4.9	2.4	7.6
3	Manufacturing	29214	32835	33609	12.4	2.4	28.1	29.3
4	Construction	15262	16483	17340	8.0	5.2	9.5	32.5
5	Services	101452	108141	110662	6.6	2.3	51.8	95.5
	GDP	195737	208642	211281	6.6	1.3	100.0	100.0
	GNP	192108	203933	206380	6.2	1.2
At constant 1996 factor cost prices (a) Provisional

QUARTERLY GDP ESTIMATES

	Sector	Fourth Quarter			Growth rates (%)		Contribution to Growth (%) Fourth Quarter
		( Rs .Mn.)			Fourth Quarter		Contribution to Growth (%) Fourth Quarter
		1998	1999	2000(a)	99/98	00/99	1999	2000
1	Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	44312	48223	49196	8.8	2.0	27.3	8.8
2	Mining and Quarrying	3095	3040	3067	-1.8	0.9	-0.4	0.2
3	Manufacturing	37943	40133	41896	5.8	4.4	15.3	15.9
4	Construction	12959	13049	13362	0.7	2.4	0.6	2.8
5	Services	109219	117387	125372	7.5	6.8	57.1	72.2
	GDP	207528	221832	232893	6.9	5.0	100.0	100.0
	GNP	205349	219402	229074	6.8	4.4
At constant 1996 factor cost prices (a) Provisional

QUARTERLY GDP ESTIMATES

	Sector	Annual (Rs .Mn.)			Growth rates (%)		Contribution to
		Annual (Rs .Mn.)			Annual		Growth (%) First Annual
		1998	1999	2000(a)	99/98	00/99	1999	2000
1	Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing	164804	172238	175317	4.5	1.8	22.2	6.3
2	Mining and Quarrying	13677	14238	14921	4.1	4.8	1.7	1.4
3	Manufacturing	130702	136498	149115	4.4	9.2	17.3	25.9
4	Construction	54461	57075	59815	4.8	4.8	7.8	5.6
5	Services	411152	428291	457867	4.2	6.9	51.1	60.7
	GDP	774796	808340	857037	4.3	6.0	100.0	100.0
	GNP	764908	794340	840285	3.8	5.8
At constant (1996) factor cost prices (a) Provisional

2. AGRICULTURE

	ITEM	UNIT	2000	2001*	CHANGE
	ITEM	UNIT	2000	2001*	Absolute	Percentage
2.1	TEA PRODUCTION
	^May	Mn. Kgs	29.4	31.4	2.0	6.8
	January -May		132.6	135.2	2.6	2.0
^2.2	^{RUBBER PRODUCTION}
	^May	Mn. Kgs	7.3	7.5	0.2	2.7
	January -May		37.2	37.6	0.4	1.1
^2.3	^{COCONUT PRODUCTION}
	^April	Mn. Nuts	214.6	213.4	-1.2	-0.6
	January -April		932.0	935.0	3.0	0.3
^2.4	^{PADDY PRODUCTION}		^1999/2000	^2000/2001*
	Maha (a)	'000 MT	1781	1562	-219.0	-12.3
			1999	*2000()**
	Yala (b)		1120	1078	-42.0	-3.8
^2.5	^{FERTILIZER ISSUES}		2000	2001*
	^April	'000 MT	30.9	29.0	-1.9	-6.1
	^{January - April}		163.0	156.5	-6.5	-4.0
^2.6	^{FISH PRODUCTION}
	^March	MT	24335	25905	1570.0	6.5
	January-March		74025	77525	3500.0	4.7
* Provisional (a) Sep/Oct. - March/April (b) April/May - Aug./Sep.

3. INDUSTRY

	ITEM	UNIT	2000	2001	CHANGE
	ITEM	UNIT	2000	2001	Absolute	Percentage
3.1	ELECTRICITY SALES TO INDUSTRIES^(a)
	^March	GWh	141.2	142.2	1	0.7
	^{January - March}		412.3	440.0	28	6.7
^3.2	^{FURNACE OIL SALES}
	^May	'000 MT	34.2	406
	^May	'000 MT	34.2	406	6	18.7
	^{January -May}		152.4	201.8	49	32.4
^3.3	^{PUBLIC SECTOR MAJOR NDUSTRIAL} ^{OUTPUT INDEX}
	^May	1997 = 100	139.2	130.8	-8	-6.0
	^{January -May}		135.8	105.2	-31	-22.5
^3.4	^{INDUSTRIAL EXPORTS}
	^{Petroleum Exports}
	^April	^{Rs. Mn.}	412	413	1	0.2
	^{January -April}		2222	1645	-577	-26.0
	Other Industrial Exports
	^April	Rs. Mn.	15703	19982	4189	26.7
	^{January -April}		84389	101476	17087	20.2
^3.5	^{INDUSTRIAL EXPORTS}
	Petroleum Exports
	^April	^{US$ Mn.}	5.6	4.7	-0.9	-16.1
	^{January -April}		30.5	19.1	-11.4	-37.4
	^{Other Industrial Exports}
	^April	US$ Mn.	214.3	226.3	12	5.6
	^{January -April}		1157.9	1178.0	20	1.7

Industry contd.......

PRIVATE SECTOR MONTHLY INDUSTRIAL VOLUME INDEX (1997=100)

	Item	2000		2001		Percentage Change ( Jan.-May)
	Item	May	Jan.-May	May	Jan.-May	Percentage Change ( Jan.-May)
3.6	Food, Beverages & Tobacco Products	110.6	113.1	117.4	120.8	6.8
	Food	110.3	115.7	123.2	126.7	9.5
	Liquor	102.5	111.3	97.9	107.3	-3.6
	Beverages	119.4	117.8	112.1	122.2	3.7
	Tobacco	101.9	93.7	106.4	97.8	4.4
3.7	Textile, Wearing apparel & leather	140.1	134.6	128.5	131.9	-2.0
	Apparel	144.6	138.6	132.0	135.9	-1.9
	Textile	120.4	115.2	110.2	111.8	-3.0
	Leather	113.2	114.9	114.1	114.3	-0.5
3.8	Wood & Wood Products	100.1	102.5	103.4	106.4	3.8
3.9	Paper & Paper Products	106.0	108.1	99.5	103.3	-4.4
3.10	Chemicals, Rubber, Plastic & Petroleum Products	132.3	125.4	125.7	129.8	3.5
	Chemical & Fertilizer	136.2	135.8	128.4	135.2	-0.4
	Rubber	131.8	123.6	129.2	133.4	7.9
	Plastic & PVC	123.8	125.2	135.8	136.4	8.9
	Pharmaceuiticals & detergent	133.4	121.9	117.8	121.7	-0.2
3.11	Non metalic minaral products	110.1	113.9	112.3	110.1	-3.3
	Diamond Processing	115.7	116.4	108.0	105.5	-9.4
	Ceramic Products	92.5	101.9	94.0	96.4	-5.4
	Cement	109.0	110.4	127.8	113.3	2.6
	Building Material	114.4	125.2	114.0	130.4	4.2
3.12	Basic Metal Products	117.8	114.5	114.0	124.0	8.3
3.13	Fabricated Metal Products	128.3	121.9	119.4	125.8	3.2
3.14	Other Industrial Products (n.e.s)	113.2	113.0	103.2	113.6	0.5
	Total	128.1	125.1	122.7	126.2	0.9

4.TELECOMMUNICATION

	Item4	UNIT	End 1999	End 2000	End March 2001	CHANGE Dec.00-Mar.01
4.1	Telephones (Fixed lines )	Number	671,916	767411	782076	14665
	Sri Lanka Telecom Phones	Number	580,199	653144	666297	13153
	Wireless Local Loop Phones	Number	91,717	114267	115779	1512
	(Suntel and Lanka Bell)
4.2	Telephone Density (excluding Cellular Phones)	per 100 persons	3.5	4.0	4.0	0
4.3	Cellular Phones	Number	256,655	451269	488305	37036
4.4	Public Pay Phones	Number	5,799	8186	8674	488
4.5	Internet and E - mail subcribers	Number	25535	40097	47289	6792
4.6	Radio Paging Subscribers	Number	10,300	7009	7298	289

5.ENERGY

Item		UNIT	2000	2001	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000	2001	Absolute	Percentage
5.1	CRUDE OIL IMPORTS-CPC	'000 MT
	May		190	176	-14	-7.4
	January - May		1006	630	-376	-37.4
5.2	OTHER PET. IMPORTS	'000 MT
	May		61	196	135	221.3
	January - May		509	848	339	66.6
5.3	KEROSENE SALES	'000 MT
	May		18	18	0	0.0
	January - May		96	91	-5	-5.2
5.4	PETROL SALES	'000 MT
	May		19	21	2	10.5
	January - May		93	103	10	10.8
5.5	AUTO DIESEL SALES	'000 MT
	May		159	164	5	3.1
	January - May		739	763	24	3.2
5.6	ELECTRICITY GENERATION
	June	Gwh.	541.3	576.2	34.9	6.4
	CEB - Hydro		214.0	264.0	50.0	23.4
	Thermal		192.0	142.0	-50.0	-26.0
	Wind		0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
	Private Sector		74.2	101.3	27.1	36.5
	Hired Private Power		38.1	48.7	10.6	27.8
	Self Generation (a)		22.6	19.8(a)	-2.8	-12.4

	January -June	Gwh.	3349.7	3401.8	52.1	1.6
	CEB - Hydro		1463.0	1349.0	-114.0	-7.8
	Thermal		1281.0	1023.0	-258.0	-20.1
	Wind		1.6	1.4	-0.2	-12.5
	Private Sector		334.4	625.1	290.7	86.9
	Hired Private Power		162.5	341.2	178.7	110.0
	Self Generation (a)		107.2	62.1(b)	-45.1	-42.1

6. HOUSING & CONSTRUCTION

6.1	BUILDING APPROVALSY THE CMC
Item		UNIT	2000	2001	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000	2001	Absolute	Percentage
	March	Number	39	48	9	23.1
	January - March		124	122	-2	-1.6
			1999	2000
6.2	GREATER COLOMBO HOUSINGAPPROVALS INDEX^(a)		90.7	98.4	8	8.5
6.3	CEMENT SALES(b)		²⁰⁰⁰	²⁰⁰¹
	May	'000 MT	71	86	15	21.1
	^{January -May}		382	474	92	24.1
6.4	CEMENT IMPORTS(c)	'000 MT
	May		94	51	-43	-45.7
	^{January -May}		563	492	-71	-12.6
^{(a) Includes housing approvals by 4 Municipal Councils, 4 Urban Councils and 10 Pradesheeya Sabhas in the Colomcbo area.}
(b) Puttalam, Ruhunu and Tokyo Cement Companies
(c) Total Imports of Portland Cement

7.TRANSPORT

Item		UNIT	2000	2001	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000	2001	Absolute	Percentage
7.1	New Registration of
	Motor Vehicles
	April(Total)	Number	5862	5184	-678	-11.6
	Buses		333	74	-259	-77.8
	Motor Cars		837	700	-137	-16.4
	Three wheelers		884	550	-334	-37.8
	Dual Purpose Vehicles		517	425	-92	-17.8
	Motor Cycles		2208	2610	402	18.2
	Goods Transport Vehicles^(a)		572	409	-163	-28.5
	Land Vehicles(b)		497	415	-82	-16.5
	Other Vehicles		14	1	-13	-92.9
	January -April (Total)	Number	29605	27623	-1982	-6.7
	^{Motor Buses}		1000	761	-239	-23.9
	Cars		4083	3843	-240	-5.9
	Three wheelers		4290	3502	-788	-18.4
	Dual Purpose Vehicles		2691	2389	-302	-11.2
	Motor Cycles		11834	12646	802	6.9
	Goods Transport Vehicles(a)		3098	2250	-848	-27.4
	Land Vehicles(b)		2566	2212	-354	-13.8
	Other Vehicles		43	20	-23	-53.5
( a). Lorries and Other Goods Transport Vehicles-23-53.5
(b). Tractors, Trailers, Jeeps and Other

8. PORT SERVICES

Item		UNIT	2000	2001	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000	2001	Absolute	Percentage
8.1	Sri Lanka Ports Authority^(a)(b)
	Vessel Traffic
	^June	Number	307	324	17	5.5
	January -June		1960	1890	-70	-3.6
	Container Handling
	(a) Domestic
	^June	TEUs	46769	48870	2101	4.5
	January -June		274772	273759	-1013	-0.4
	(b) Transshipment
	^June	TEUs	92437	111474	19037	20.6
	January -June		556819	609820	53001	9.5
	(c) Re- Stowing
	^June	TEUs	5497	3006	-2491	-45.3
	January -June		22709	18814	-3895	-17.2
	Total Container Handling
	^June	TEUs	144703	163350	18647	12.9
	January -June		854300	902393	48093	5.6
	Tonnage Handled
	(a) Total Cargo Discharged	'000 MT
	^June		1396	1413	17	1.2
	January -June		8295	8031	-264	-3.2
	(b) Total Cargo Loaded	'000 MT
	^June		765	845	80	10.5
	January -June		4434	4675	241	5.4
	(a) Operations of the Port of Colombo only.
( b) Includes estimated cargo handled at South Asia Gateway Container Terminal (SAGT) from 5th September 1999.

9. PRICES

Item		UNIT	2000	2001	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000	2001	Absolute	Percentage
9.1	CDCPI^(a)	1996 Oct.-
	^June	1997 Sep.=100	119.1	131.3	12.2	10.2
	12 Months Ending June		113.8	123.7	9.9	8.7
9.2	WPI*
	^April	1974 = 100	1296.9	1432.6	135.7	10.5
	12 Months Ending April		1291.2	1356.7	65.5	5.1
9.3	CCPI
	^June	1952 = 100	2593.1	2973.6	380.5	14.7
	12 Months Ending June	1952 = 100	2431.3	2727.5	296.2	12.2
9.4	Seasonally Adjusted CCPI
	^June	1952 = 100	2524.6	2885.3	360.7	14.3
	12 Months Ending June	1952 = 100	2430.2	2725.4	295.2	12.1
9.5	GCPI
	^May	1989 = 100	250.4	278.1	27.7	11.1
	12 Months Ending May	1989 = 100	243.8	262.1	18.3	7.5
^{* Provisional}

10.AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES (PETTAH MARKET)

Item		UNIT	2000 June	2001 June	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000 June	2001 June	Absolute	Percentage
10.1	Rice	Rs./Kg.
	Raw (Red)		28.00	27.00	-1.00	-3.6
	Par Boiled		21.75	25.75	4.00	18.4
	Samba		30.00	33.00	3.00	10.0
10.2	Other Food Items	Rs./Kg.
	Red Onions		100.00	71.25	-28.75	-28.8
	Big Onions		30.50	31.50	1.00	3.3
	Potatoes		47.50	66.00	18.50	38.9
	Sugar		29.20	37.00	7.80	26.7
	Masoor Lentiles		53.00	58.00	5.00	9.4
	Dried Chillies		115.00	135.00	20.00	17.4
	Eggs		3.40	3.55	0.15	4.4

11. POPULATION, UNEMPLOYMENT & WAGE INDICES

Item		UNIT	1999	2000	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	1999	2000	Absolute	Percentage
11.1	Population (Mid year estimates)	'000	19043	19360	3167.0	1.7
	Growth in mid year population	Percentage	1.4	1.7
			1999	2000
			4 th Quarter	4 th Quarter
11.2	Labour Force Participation Rate	Percentage	50.2	49.2	-1.0
11.3	Unemployment Rate		9.2	7.4	-1.8
11.4	Employment by Industry
	Agriculture		35.0	37.0	2.0
	Manufacturing		15.6	16.8	1.2
	Trade & Hotel		13.2	13.5	0.3
	Personal Services		17.8	15.0	-2.8
	Other		18.5	17.8	-0.7
11.5	Wage Indices (Wages Boards)		2000	2001(a)
			April	April
(a)	Workers in Agriculture	1978 = 100
	Nominal Wage Rate Index		1116.0	1169.5	53.5	4.8
	Real Wage Rate Index		107.5	98.9	-8.6	-8.0
(b)	Workers in Industry And Commerce	1978 = 100
	Nominal Wage Rate Index		857.9	908.7	50.8	5.9
	Real Wage Rate Index		82.6	76.9	-5.7	-6.9
(c)	Workers in Services	1978 = 100
	Nominal Wage Rate Index		559.7	678.0	118.3	21.1
	Real Wage Rate Index		53.9	57.3	3.4	6.3
(a) Provisional

12.GOVERNMENT FINANCE

Item		UNIT	2000	^2001(a)	CHANGE
Item		UNIT	2000	^2001(a)	Absolute	Percentage
12.1	GOVT. REVENUE (b)	Rs. Mn.
	^April		15888	17443	1555	9.8
	January - April		66781	75526	8745	13.1
12.2	RECURRENT EXPENDITURE (b)	Rs. Mn.
	^April		19383	23945	4562	23.5
	January - April		82186	97707	15521	18.9
12.3	CAPITAL EXPENDITURE &NET LENDING (b,c)
	^April	^{Rs. Mn.}	6460	3819	-2641	-40.9
	January - April		21953	27889	5936	27.0
^12.4	^{GOVT. LOANS - GROSS}
	RECEIPTS
	^{January - April}	Rs. Mn.
	Central Bank Advances		4445	3002	-1443	-32.5
	Treasury Bills		-	7000	-	-
	Treasury Bonds		31355	20370	-10985	-35.0
	Rupee Loans		14000	23259	9259	66.1
	Foreign Loans		7711	22556	14845	192.5
12.5	OUTSTANDING GOVT. DEBT.	UNIT	²⁰⁰⁰	²⁰⁰¹	CHANGE
			^{End April}	^{End April}	Absolute	Percentage
	Central Bank Advances	Rs. Mn.	27414	30171	2757	10.1
	Treasury Bills		124996	141995	16999	13.6
	Treasury Bonds		128407	224494	96087	74.8
	Rupee Loans (d)		258056	274647	16591	6.4
	Foreign Loans (e)		501983	617505	115522	23.0
	Total Outstanding (f)		1080396	1348092	267696	24.8
(a) Provisional
(b) Revenue and expenditure figures are based on economic classification
(c) Privatization proceeds have been shifted to the financing section from the capital expenditure and net lending section
(d) Includes Restructuring Bonds of Rs.24,088 millionissued in 1993 and Rs. 23,873 million bonds issued in 1996
(e) The figures are based on value date.
(f) Of the 2001 figure, Rs.193509 million is on account of exchange rate variation

13.MONETARY AGGREGATES & UNDERLYING FACTORS

Item

UNIT

Beginning

End

CHANGE

January

May

Absolute

Percentage

13.1

Narrow Money Supply (M₁₎

_{Rs. Mn.}

₂₀₀₀

108554

106417

-2137

-2.0

200₁

118477

110163

-8314

-7.0

Currency Held by the Public

₂₀₀₀

58481

56231

-2250

-3.8

200₁

62647

59118

-3529

-5.6

Demand Deposits Held by the Public

₂₀₀₀

50073

50186

113

0.2

200₁

55830

51045

-4785

-8.6

1 3.2

Broad Money Supply (M2)¹

Rs. Mn.

₂₀₀₀

358076

365197

7121

2.0

200₁

404669

406112

1443

0.4

Time & Savings Deposits Held by the Public (Quasi Money)

R ^{_{s. Mn.}}

₂₀₀₀

249522

258781

9259

3.7

200₁

286192

295949

9757

3.4

Underlying Factors(M2)

R ^{_{s. Mn.}}

Net Foreign Assets

₂₀₀₀

83892

77953

-5939

-7.1

200₁

59448

58032

-1416

-2.4

Domestic Credit

₂₀₀₀

374120

391716

17596

4.7

200₁

469084

489128

20044

4.3

To Government (Net)

134484

147070

12586

9.4

To Corporations

26986

21487

-5499

-20.4

To Co- operatives

1668

1999

331

19.8

To Other Private Sector

305945

318572

12627

4.1

Other Items (Net)

₂₀₀₀

-99935

-104472

-4537

4.5

200₁

-123863

-141049

-17186

13.9

13.3

Consolidated Broad Money Supply (M2b)2

^_Rs.Mn.

₂₀₀₀

428319

435694

7375

1.7

200₁

483421

498291

14870

3.1

Adjusted Time & Savings Deposits

Held by the Public (Quasi Money)

₂₀₀₀

319765

329277

9512

3.0

200₁

364944

388128

23184

6.4

Underlying Factors (M2b)

R s.Mn.

Net Foreign Assets

₂₀₀₀

102092

88958

-13134

-12.9

200₁

69528

70424

896

1.3

Domestic Credit

₂₀₀₀

432888

457580

24692

5.7

200₁

549927

589561

39634

7.2

To Government (Net)

147304

160450

13146

8.9

To Corporations

38254

43811

5557

14.5

To Co- operatives

1668

1999

331

19.8

To Other Private Sector

362701

383301

20600

5.7

Other Items (Net)

₂₀₀₀

-106660

-110843

-4183

3.9

200₁

-136035

-161694

-25659

18.9

13.4

Reserve Money

Rs. Mn.

₂₀₀₀

100444

101353

909

0.9

200₁

105163

103145

-2018

-1.9

13.5

Money Multipliers

M1 Multiplier

₂₀₀₀

1.08

1.05

-0.03

200₁

1.13

1.07

-0.06

M2 Multiplier

₂₀₀₀

3.56

3.60

0.04

200₁

3.85

3.94

0.09

M2b Multiplier

₂₀₀₀

4.26

4.30

0.04

200₁

4.60

4.83

0.23

* P rovisional

(1) M2 = M1 + Quasi Money

(2) Based on a consolidated monetary survey which covers aggregated data pertaining to both domestic banking units (DBUs) and foreign currency banking units (FCBUs) of commercial banks operating in Sri Lanka. It also includes foreign currency deposits held by residents. M2b is the sum of M1 and adjusted quasi money. M1 is the same in both cases; i.e., DBU monetary survey and consolidated monetary survey.