Colombo (LNW): Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, attended the Economic Dialogue Series in Berlin on 21 November 2023, under the theme “Inflation Kills Democracy: Fiscal Rationality as the Basis of Functioning Communities,” by invitation from the Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany.
During the event, Governor Weerasinghe presented Sri Lanka’s success story in controlling inflation following the record-high acceleration in 2022.
In his speech, he discussed the measures implemented by the Central Bank and the Government to curb inflation and shared insights into the disinflation strategy and the overall process.
Other speakers at the event included Mr. Christian Lindner, the Federal Minister of Finance of Germany; Ms. Christine Lagarde, the President of the European Central Bank (ECB); and Prof. Albrecht Ritschl from the London School of Economics.
