{"id":29871,"date":"2026-09-19T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=29871"},"modified":"2026-09-19T23:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:20:50","slug":"another-major-global-recognition-for-sri-lankas-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=29871","title":{"rendered":"Another Major Global Recognition for Sri Lanka&#8217;s Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sri Lanka has secured a high weighting of 7.5% in the latest local currency government bond index introduced by leading global investment bank J.P. Morgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scheduled for official release at the end of September, the index covers government bonds worth over USD 330 billion across 26 frontier market nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the maximum index cap for any single country is set at 8%\u2014currently held by nations including Vietnam, Egypt, and Pakistan\u2014Sri Lanka\u2019s 7.5% allocation positions it as a major component of the index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eligible local currency bonds included in the index must have an outstanding balance of at least USD 250 million and a minimum remaining maturity period of two and a half years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economic analysts highlight this development as a clear testament to the renewed confidence and attraction of the international financial community toward Sri Lankan Rupee-denominated Treasury bonds following the economic crisis.<\/p>\n<div class='saic-wrapper saic-default saic-comments-closed saic-border' style='overflow: hidden;'><div class='saic-wrap-link'><a id='saic-link-29871' class='saic-link saic-icon-link saic-icon-link-true auto-load-true' href='?post_id=29871&amp;comments=0&amp;get=30&amp;order=DESC' title='0 Comments'><i class='saico-comment'><\/i><span>0<\/span> Comments<\/a><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-link--><div id='saic-wrap-commnent-29871' class='saic-wrap-comments' style='display:none;'><div id='saic-wrap-form-29871' class='saic-wrap-form saic-clearfix'><div class='saic-form-avatar'><\/div><div id='saic-container-form-29871' class='saic-container-form saic-no-login'><p>Comments are closed<\/p><\/div><!--.saic-container-form--><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-form--><div id='saic-comment-status-29871'  class='saic-comment-status'><\/div><ul id='saic-container-comment-29871' class='saic-container-comments saic-order-DESC ' data-order='DESC'><\/ul><div class='saic-holder-29871 saic-holder'><\/div><\/div><!--.saic-wrap-comments--><\/div><!--.saic-wrapper-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka has secured a high weighting of 7.5% in the latest local currency government bond index introduced by leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[106,94,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-latest","category-smartphones","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29873,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29871\/revisions\/29873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}