SRI LANKA-PANDEMIC-RATE-ECONOMY-VIRUS

People stand in a queue to buy kerosene oil used in cooking stoves in Colombo on August 19, 2021. - With the country of 21 million already facing shortages of imported cooking gas and sugar because of the lack of dollars, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka increased its deposit and lending rates by 50 basis points to 5.0 percent and 6.0 percent respectively. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)