Inter Press Service: The Monetary Board of Sri Lanka's Central Bank, tasked with keeping the island's economy on an even keel, does not only keep tabs on exchange rates, gold prices and inflation - it also has an eye on a less obvious indicator of economic stability: water levels in the country's main reservoirs.
Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal last week told a group of journalists in the capital, Colombo, that the Board pays as close attention to water as it does to oil prices.
"An extreme wet monsoon...