Inflation eka 10% වෙද්දී investment market එකත් එකට හරියන්න අප්ඩේට් වෙනවා.
නැත්නම් ඒවට survive වෙන්න බෑනෙ.
Bond, FD, STOCK ඔහොම ඒවගේ gain/divident more than 15% වෙනවා එතකොට.
දැනට monthly inflation එක 5% නේ . දැනටමත් සමහර finance company වල annual special interest rate එක 12% වෙලා.
Can saving with compound interest at 12% beat Sri Lankas inflation and steep LKR depreciation?
The Hidden Risk: Crisis Years Destroy Compounding
2022 broke the math entirely. If you had Rs. 1M in an FD on Jan 1, 2022 earning 12%:
End of year nominal value: Rs. 1.12M
But inflation was 49.7% — your real purchasing power: ~Rs. 748,000 (a -25% real loss in one year)
In USD: went from ~$4,500 → ~$3,100 as the rupee collapsed
Years of compounding can be wiped out in one crisis cycle.
Practical conclusion for you: 12% LKR fixed deposits are a decent short-to-medium-term holding right now given the macro stabilization, but they are not a reliable long-term wealth preservation vehicle against LKR structural weakness. For long-run purchasing power, you'd need to hold a portion of assets outside LKR — USD, gold, or productive real assets like land. The combination is smarter than any single instrument.