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Cash-strapped Sri Lanka hit by record inflation for sixth consecutive month
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Firstpost | 22/04/2022 10:53 AM | Click to read full article
Crisis hit Sri Lanka's inflation hit a record high for the sixth consecutive month, official data showed on Friday as the government asked the IMF for an urgent bailout.
The broad-based National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) rose 21.5 percent year on year in March, more than four times the 5.1 percent inflation of a year earlier.