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Table  34A (Capital, Interest)
Money Rate (2000-2007)
cap34ae (%)
                                                 Year End      Interest Rate 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Central Bank                
 Bank Rate 25.00 18.00 18.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00
 Prime Lending Rate 21.34 14.25 12.17 8.95 10.17 12.14 14.74 17.00
 Treasury Bill Yield : Primary 3 Months  17.77 12.92 9.92 7.35 7.25 10.10 12.76 21.30
                                               6 Months 17.90 13.27 9.89 7.30 7.40 10.32 12.78 19.99
                                             12 Months 18.22 13.74 9.91 7.24 7.65 10.37 12.96 19.96
 Repo Overnight 17.00 12.00 19.75 7.00 7.50 8.75 10.00 10.50
 Reverse Repo Overnight 20.00 14.00 11.75 8.50 9.00 10.25 11.50 12.00
 Treasury Bonds Yield to Maturity 18.97 14.94 11.86 10.12 8.25 10.69 12.92 15.50
 Rupee Securities Rate      11-12    13-15   13. 00 8.00 8.90 11.00 10.60 18.40
 Call money Rate      20-32   12-14   10-11        7-9       8 - 11    10 - 11    12 - 15    13 - 40
Savings Bank                 
 Commercial Banks - AWDR (a)  9.9 10.8 7.5 5.3 5.3 6.2 7.6 10.3
 NSB Rato(b) - Savings 8.4 8.4 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
                     - Deposits: 12 months 15 13 10 7 8 9 11 15
© 2010, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Key:
(a) AWDR : Average Weighted Deposit Rate  
(b) NSB : National Saving Bank
Revised:  2010(y)/01(m)/20(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
      The Former Head, Department of Management Studies
      University of Peradeniya.