Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe held extensive engagements with the international investor community on the sidelines of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings 2026 in Washington, D.C., the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said.
The Sri Lankan delegation, headed by Weerasinghe, took part in an investor seminar organised by J.P. Morgan and separate investor meetings hosted by the Jefferies Emerging Markets team and HSBC. The delegation also joined a meeting with US private sector representatives and officials from the US government, hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce.
Weerasinghe briefed investors on recent improvements in Sri Lanka’s macroeconomic conditions and fielded questions from participants. The CBSL did not release specific questions raised, but the Washington meetings coincide with renewed investor scrutiny following the Treasury’s disclosure of a $2.5 million hacker fraud on a foreign debt repayment and the COPF finding of a technical default on one creditor payment.
The US-Sri Lanka Commercial Working Group was soft-launched at the US Chamber of Commerce event, the CBSL said. The body is intended to strengthen bilateral commercial ties and promote two-way investment.
The Spring Meetings delegation runs in parallel to bilateral meetings the Governor held with Chinese and Indian counterparts earlier in the week. State Minister for Finance Eran Wickramaratne leads Sri Lanka’s ministerial delegation to the meetings.
