The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) kept its policy rates unchanged at today’s meeting, as expected. The upswing will probably stay strong while inflation is likely to accelerate in coming months. We continue to expect that the CBSL will tighten monetary policy at some point this year but we now anticipate the first hike will come in the second half of 2011.
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