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Sri Lanka central banker urges stronger research, collaboration amid global uncertainty

ECONOMYNEXT – Global economic uncertainty complicates central banking, the governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has said, urging for greater research and collaboration. “The world is now navigating a landscape shaped by overlapping and multiple shocks from escalating geopolitical tensions, rising protectionism, leading to geoeconomic fragmentation and rapidly evolving patterns of trade and finance,” Nandalal Weerasinghe told the 14th Annual International Research Conference. “For central bankers, navigating this environment has become especially challenging: inflation forecasting is increasingly complicated by recurrent supply-side shocks, while climate-related risks must now be integrated into macroeconomic modelling, monetary policy formulation, and financial sector…

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