Ceylon Chamber praises budget for maintaining policy

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s budget for 2026 maintains a ‘clear trajectory of policy predictability, fiscal consolidation, and disciplined debt management, continuing the stability required for Sri Lanka’s medium-term reform agenda, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce has said. “This consistency is critical for sustaining a transformative growth trajectory that is underpinned by low inflation, stable interest rates and renewed investor confidence,” the chamber said in a statement. The chamber pointed out “the importance of converting recent fiscal over-performance into productive public investment”. “Well-directed and well-implemented capital expenditure especially in infrastructure, digital services, transport, tourism, energy, education, health and agriculture can form…

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