COPF questions banks’ lending priorities
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1 min readFrom 2 outlets- Daily Mirror and Newswire report private-sector credit of Rs. 2.1 trillion for the first nine months of 2026.
- Daily Mirror reports the comparable total a year earlier was Rs. 1.9 trillion.
- Daily Mirror says short-term loans accounted for a larger share of lending.
- Daily Mirror reports lawmakers questioned whether credit was supporting new investment and expanded production capacity.
Daily Mirror and Newswire report that lending to Sri Lanka’s private sector reached Rs. 2.1 trillion in the first nine months of 2026. Daily Mirror reports that the total was Rs. 1.9 trillion in the same period a year earlier.
Daily Mirror reports that Central Bank officials provided the figures to the Committee on Public Finance. The outlet says the committee questioned banks’ lending priorities, including whether sufficient credit was directed towards new investment and expanding production capacity.
Daily Mirror reports that short-term loans took a larger share of private-sector lending. The reports provide no further breakdown of loan categories or details of any response from banks.
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