{"id":4445,"date":"2026-01-01T12:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2026-01-01T12:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:49:36","slug":"sri-lankan-rupee-depreciates-5-6-against-us-dollar-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/01\/sri-lankan-rupee-depreciates-5-6-against-us-dollar-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan Rupee Depreciates 5.6% Against US Dollar in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sri Lankan rupee depreciated by 5.6% against the US dollar during 2025, according to data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This marks a reversal from the previous two years, during which the rupee recorded notable gains. The currency had appreciated by 12.1% in 2023 and a further 10.7% in 2024 against the US dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the US dollar, the rupee weakened against all major international currencies in 2025. CBSL data show that the local currency depreciated by 16.3% against the euro and 12% against the British pound over the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rupee also lost value against regional and other key currencies, declining by 9.6% against the Chinese yuan, 5.6% against the Japanese yen, 12.2% against the Australian dollar, and 1% against the Indian rupee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Central Bank noted that the depreciation reflects broader movements across major currencies during the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/bizenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01111128\/external_sector_bulletin_november_2025_e-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-170287\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Ada Derana Biz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lankan rupee depreciated by 5.6% against the US dollar during 2025, according to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/economictimes.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}