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IMF Article IV Report – Key Issues and Recommendations
Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, IMF holds bilateral discussions with its member countries every year. In 2021 IMF held discussions with Sri Lanka officials and the report was completed on February 10th, 2022. Following is a summary of the key findings of the report under 5 distinct subsections.
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IMF Article IV Report – Key Issues and Recommendations
Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, IMF holds bilateral discussions with its member countries every year. In 2021 IMF held discussions with Sri Lanka officials and the report was completed on February 10th, 2022. Following is a summary of the key findings of the report under 5 distinct subsections.
Featured Insight
IMF Article IV Report – Key Issues and Recommendations
Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, IMF holds bilateral discussions with its member countries every year. In 2021 IMF held discussions with Sri Lanka officials and the report was completed on February 10th, 2022. Following is a summary of the key findings of the report under 5 distinct subsections.
Featured Insight
IMF Article IV Report – Key Issues and Recommendations
Under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, IMF holds bilateral discussions with its member countries every year. In 2021 IMF held discussions with Sri Lanka officials and the report was completed on February 10th, 2022. Following is a summary of the key findings of the report under 5 distinct subsections.
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How did Sri Lanka Finance Government Expenditure in 2022?
Total government expenditure for the year 2022 amounted to LKR 4,472 billion. Out of which total revenue and grants could only cover 45% of spending while the remaining 55% was financed via borrowings. The infographic below provides a breakd...
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CB likely to hold rates till Budget 2025
Sri Lanka's Central Bank is expected to hold policy rates until the 2025 Budget, awaiting clarity on fiscal targets agreed with the IMF, despite having room to ease rates further.
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FinMin tells spending agencies to focus on fiscal...
Fiscal discipline and strategic management will be central to the 2025 national budget. The Finance Ministry has issued guidelines for the 2025 n...
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Sri Lanka 2021 budget deficit revised up to 9.5-pc...
Sri Lanka’s 2021 budget deficit has been revised up to 9.5 percent of gross domestic product from the initial 8.9 percent target presented to parliament with nominal GDP for the year revised down, official data shows. The nominal overa...
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Fiscal Performance From January to April...
Latest figures...
How Do Macro-fiscal Indicators Compare B...
Recently, Sri Lanka agreed to a currency...
Sri Lanka’s Bilateral Swap Agreements
A foreign currency swap is an agreement t...
2020 Records the Highest Budget Deficit...
The budget balance for 2020 is -LKR 2,090 billion (-14.0% of GDP) whil...
Where did Sri Lanka borrow from in 2020?
In 2020, China was the largest lender to Sri Lanka. But has this alway...
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ශී්ර ලංකාවේ ව්යාපෘති බොහෝම...
Government Budget Balances, 2000 to 2021
The bar chart illustrates the primary balance and overall balance as...
Financing Infrastructure: The (non) conc...
Recently Verite Research held a seminar on the potential (non) concess...
Foreign Financial Assistance in the Time...
USD 873.5 Million worth foreign financial assistance has been approved so far for Sri Lanka to fi...
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Highlights from the Appropriation Bill for 2024
The Appropriation Bill for 2024 was presented to Parliament on the 5th of October, ahead of the budget speech in November.The Appropriation Bill shows that there is a 12%...
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An Overview of IMF Extended Fund Facility
This article was compiled by Professor Udara Peiris and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Udara Peiris joined Oberlin in the fall of 2022. He was previously a tenur...
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Why Tracking the IMF Programme Implementation is o...
This article was compiled by Dr. Nishan de Mel and Raj Prabu Rajakulendran. Dr. Nishan de Mel is the Executive Director of Verité Research and an ec...
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