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Inflation jumps to 7.2% in July

Sri Lanka’s headline inflation rose to 7.2% in July 2026 from 6.5% in June, driven largely by a sharp increase in food prices, according to the Department of Census and Statistics. Inflation, measured by the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) on a year-on-year basis, increased by 0.7 percentage points during the month. Food inflation climbed […]

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ECapital Factoring Collapse Widens Chile’s Sartor Crisis

Diario Financiero reported that ECapital is going bankrupt, deepening the Sartor crisis. The firm owed CLP 46 billion to Sartor-managed funds, and the CMF has already imposed record fines on Sartor…

  • ECapital, a key factoring firm, declared bankruptcy without court resolution
  • CLP 46 billion debt owed to Sartor's private investment funds
  • Regulatory vacuum for some factoring firms accentuated by ECapital's collapse

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