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Credit Growth & Monetary Policy Direction | CAL Sri Lanka

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The room for credit to grow. So given that inflation is expected to fall short of that 5% target, we believe that there is some room for policy rate easing. So you know we could expect about a 25 basis point cut.

In 2025, our credit dispersements totaled about 2 trillion. However, when you look at that as percentage of GDP, it's still below the precrisis levels. So precrisis it was at around 40%, right now it's at about 29%.

So the signaling around credit growth and robust GDP growth gives us an indication that the government is comfortable maintaining a neutral policy stance. Yes. So that's in terms of the GC rates in terms of lending rates and corporate credit. So what you