Weerasinghe returns to Sri Lanka’s central bank as country’s finances spiral

With civil unrest, the resignation of half the cabinet and a standstill on sovereign debt repayment, Sri Lanka’s new finance minister, secretary to the treasury and governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka have a lot to do.

The economic crisis that has long been building in Sri Lanka erupted into civil unrest and national emergency during late March and early April. Imported food and fuel is becoming scarce, the government is under fire, and the finance ministry has stopped making payments on its international sovereign bonds and must go to the IMF to seek a restructuring. A new central bank governor, called back from retirement, has a lot of work to do to get things back on track.

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