Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- Sri Lanka ended September 2025 with gross reserve assets of US $ 6,243 million, a tad higher than a month earlier, which was at US $ 6,178 million.

The US $ 65 million increase in 30 days came on the back of continued purchases of foreign currency by the Central Bank from the banking system.

For instance, in September, the Central Bank bought US $ 177.3 million, increasing from the US $ 142.5 million purchased in August. This brought the total net purchases of foreign currency from the banking system in the first nine months to an outsize US $ 1,415.9 million.

Despite continuous purchases by the Central Bank, which goes into rebuilding the Net International Reserves (NIRs) and Gross Officials Reserves, there has b...