Challenges in building foreign reserves amidst geopolitical uncertainties
What changed vs prior statement
- 01Shift in focus from public awareness to foreign reserves challenges amidst geopolitical uncertainties.
- 02New emphasis on geopolitical uncertainties introduces risk-balance language absent in previous statement.
- 03No vote-record change.
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Speech by Dr P Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at the Inaugural Reserve Management Conference, Colombo, 10 -11 September 2026.
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