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Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of LKR 6,519 Bn. from the revised 2022 estimates.
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Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of LKR 6,519 Bn. from the revised 2022 estimates.
Featured Insight
Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of LKR 6,519 Bn. from the revised 2022 estimates.
Featured Insight
Expected GDP Outcomes - Budget 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023 expects a 27% year over year increase in nominal GDP, with an increase of LKR 6,519 Bn. from the revised 2022 estimates.
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Govt. lifts import restrictions on public vehicles
For the first time since March 2020, the Government has relaxed import restrictions on specified vehicles designed for public transport use. Buses, trucks, browsers, m...
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Sri Lanka Railways plans to recruit 8,000 workers
State-run Sri Lanka Railways is planning to recruit 8,000 workers to take the total up to 20,000 which is the permitted cadre, officials said amid plans by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to trim the state sector to reduce the tax burden on the public.
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Daily Mirror
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Sri Lanka’s usable foreign reserves fell from USD 7,642 MN in 2019 to USD 1,579 MN by the end of 2021. When compared with
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CBSL more Optimistic than the IMF
According to the Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) published for the financial year 2022, projected real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was higher than the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) projection.
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Expected GDP Outcomes: Budget 2024
The 2024 budget forecasts a greater contraction in 2023 and higher growth in 2024 compared to IMF projections.
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