Sri Lanka, July 6 -- Sri Lanka's headline inflation accelerated in June 2026 while unemployment declined, reflecting mixed trends in the country's economic performance, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka's latest Highlights of the Week report.
The labour market continued to strengthen, with the unemployment rate falling to 3.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, compared with 3.8 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2025. However, the labour force participation rate declined to 49.2 per cent from 49.7 per cent over the same period. In the monetary sector, the Weekly Average Prime Lending Rate increased by 23 basis points to 10.62 per cent for the week ending July 3, while the Average Weighted Call Money Rate eased to 9.20 pe...