SenFin Research – News Updates – 11 October 2026

Global risks top threat to SL’s financial system: CBSL
Global macroeconomic risks have emerged as the biggest perceived threat to Sri Lanka’s financial system, overtaking all domestic concerns as their share nearly doubled in six months, according to a Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) survey of 158 financial institutions.
Source: (the morning) https://www.themorning.lk/articles/CHRDsTUMRW2v2brTjLx5

Six in 10 Lankans below WB poverty line
Close to six in 10 Sri Lankans live below the World Bank’s (WB) poverty line for upper-middle-income countries, just three months after the bank upgraded Sri Lanka to that income group.
Source: (the morning) https://www.themorning.lk/articles/bH7RU1RbuMNUO4UkM4kG

Stocks slide despite IMF deal
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) extended its losses in the first three sessions of the week, shrugging off Sri Lanka’s Staff-Level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the Seventh Review of its bailout programme.
Source: (the morning) https://www.themorning.lk/articles/3PX6ye4FAl82oTgZEZyQ