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The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 Consumption in 2023
Sri Lanka's is set to experience a 160% increase in nominal GDP from the 2015 levels of LKR 11.6 trillion as projected nominal GDP for 2023 estimated at LKR 30.3 trillion. However, while the real GDP in 2023 remains relatively unchanged from the 2015 levels, the doubling of nominal GDP h...
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EconomyNext
Sri Lanka’s Sathosa restructuring will see CWE and...
The restructuring of Sri Lanka's Cooperative Wholesale Establishment (CWE), also known as Sathosa, will involve merging CWE with the state-run Lanka Sathosa retail chain. The proposed restructuring aims to improve the financial standing...
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Daily Mirror
PM promises a new budget with capital expenditure...
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe who met yesterday with representatives from the Chambers of Commerce, the Treasury and Economic Advisers, said a new budget would be presented with proposals for the significant reduction of capital expend...
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Ceylon Today
No Vehicle Imports in 2022 – Basil
Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa said the importation of vehicles and new staff recruitments to the public sector will not be permitted in 2022. While noting that efforts should be made to stop the importation of milk powder, Rajapaksa ad...
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Insight on Expenditure
Has the Government Fulfilled the Promise...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Incorrect accounting measure understates...
The government spent only 6% of the Ituk...
On the 23rd of March 2020, President Gota...
Has the Government Fulfilled its Policy...
The National Policy Framework: Vistas...
Government Expenditure of Women’s Develo...
The 08th of March 2021 was International Women’s Day. How much has the gove...
Ministers and State Ministers – Cost of...
Did you know that the cost of maintaining an office for a cabinet and...
Interest Cost Accounts for 71.7 percent...
The domesti...
Sri Lanka’s Budget Cycle
A government budget is its annual financial statement containing expected revenue and expenditure...
New Government Recruitment Schemes: An i...
The Government has recently pledged to hi...
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The Government Has to Repay Yearly an Average of U...
The infographic shows the actual annual foreign debt service payments of GOSL (Government of Sri Lanka) from 2010 to 2020 and the projected foreign debt service payments from 2021 to 2025.
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PF Decoded : Episode 1
How much debt is too much debt ?   Sri Lanka’s debt has reached unprecedented levels in the recent past. Analyst Anushan Kapilan covers what debt is, how it can be measured and be quantified.&nb...
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Let’s Shield the EPF with the Instincts of Winston...
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an economist with extensive acade...
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