{"id":155,"date":"2026-10-15T13:44:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/sri-lanka-services-expands-at-slower-rate-in-september-2026-pmi\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:44:58","slug":"sri-lanka-services-expands-at-slower-rate-in-september-2026-pmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/sri-lanka-services-expands-at-slower-rate-in-september-2026-pmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka services expands at slower rate in September 2026: PMI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ECONOMYNEXT \u2013 Sri Lanka\u2019s services sector expanded at a slower rate in September 2026, according to a Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central bank, which registered an index value of 60.5, compared to 65.6 the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBusiness Activity increased in September 2026, reflecting improvements across several sub-sectors, led by financial services, with notable contributions from education and professional services,\u201d CBSL said.<\/p>\n<p>New businesses increased in September 2026, registering 60.9 from August\u2019s 60.0, due to the expansion in the financial services, with positive contributions from the insurance, education, professional, and other personal services sub-sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Employment increased in September, \u201cas firms across several sectors increased recruitment to meet operational needs and support business expansion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Backlogs of Work declined in the month, although at a slower rate compared to the previous month.<\/p>\n<p>Broader global economic uncertainties continued to pose downside risks to the outlook, CBSL said. (Colombo\/Oct15\/2026)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECONOMYNEXT \u2013 Sri Lanka\u2019s services sector expanded at a slower rate in September 2026, according to a Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the central bank, which registered an index value [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sripuwath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}