🇱🇰 Official Reserves Marginally Decline in Oct 2025 📉

• Sri Lanka's Official Reserve Assets (ORAs) saw a slight decrease, falling by US$ 28 million from the previous month to reach US$ 6.21 billion at the end of October 2025. • Reserve Composition: The total includes US$ 6.1 billion in foreign currency reserves, US$ 80 million in gold, and US$ 31 million in Special Drawing Rights (SDR). • Expected Outflows: The CBSL forecasts a net outflow from reserves of approximately US$ 1.98 billion over the next 12 months. • Forward Commitments: Aggregate short and long positions in foreign currency forwards and futures amount to US$ 2 billion within the next three months, with an additional US$ 1.4 billion due between three months and one year.