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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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Sri Lanka state workers, military given Rs107bn in...
In April, Sri Lanka's Treasury released 107 billion rupees to state workers for their salaries, which includes an increment, as announced by State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya. The usual monthly salary bill amounts to aro...
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Food inflation exceeds 30%
Food inflation in Colombo passed the 30 per cent mark for the first time after 13 years and seven months accelerating for the sixth consecutive month to 30.2 per cent last month, as per Census and Statistics Department (CSD) data released ye...
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Rs1.5B for home shops for women enterprises
Cabinet approved the setting up of a network of home shops for women enterprises. Rs 15,000 million has been allocated from the Budget 2022, set up a home shop network for women entrepreneurs to create ‘one women entrepreneur to one vi...
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The Money Spent on Parliament: Where doe...
In 2017, LKR 2,841 Million was spent on P...
The Fiscal Impact of Manifesto Promises
Political par...
Government expenditure on elections (201...
The Election Commissioner recently stated that the cost of the 2020 Ge...
Allocation of Government expenditure fro...
On 31st May 2020, the government issued a circular allocating funds for the perio...
Allocation of Government Expenditure fro...
On 10th March 2020, the government issued a circular a...
Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 relief compared to...
In March, the Government of Sri Lanka ann...
Open Budget Survey 2019
Government budget decisions – what...
Where do government salaries go?
The government spends 22% of its total ex...
What Happens When a Government Body Runs...
When a government body runs out of money,...
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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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VAT to drive revenue growth in 2024
Sri Lankan budgets have consistently overestimated the capacity to raise revenue. Therefore, it is prudent to examine from where the 45% increase in revenue is expected. The chart above shows that more than half the increase (56%) is expecte...
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The Rise Of The Zombie Firms: The Problem With Rec...
This article was compiled by Professor Udara Peiris. Udara Peiris joined Oberlin in the fall of 2022. He was previously a tenured Associate Professor of Finance at HSE University (at the department ICEF) in Russia and has taught at the University of Warwick, and the Univers...
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