Central Bank reserves dropped below US$7 billion in April 2026, marking the second straight monthly decline in official reserve assets.
Central Bank reserves fell below the US$7 billion mark again in April 2026, according to the latest data released by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
Official reserve assets, which stood at US$7,026 million at the end of March 2026, declined to US$6,759 million by the end of April.
The data shows that foreign exchange reserves, which make up the main component of Sri Lanka’s reserve assets, also recorded a decline during the same period.
Foreign exchange reserves dropped from US$6,800 million at the end of March to US$6,505 million by the end of April.
The Central Bank’s gold reserves also moved slightly lower, falling from US$222 million to US$219 million.
Sri Lanka’s official reserve assets had crossed the US$7 billion mark in February 2026 for the first time in five and a half years.
At the end of February, official reserves stood at US$7,284 million.
However, in March, reserves declined by 3.5 percent to US$7,026 million.
With the latest April figures, Sri Lanka has now recorded a second consecutive monthly decline in official reserve assets.
