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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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Expected GDP Outcomes: Budget 2024
The 2024 budget forecasts a greater contraction in 2023 and higher growth in 2024 compared to IMF projections.
Featured Insight
Expected GDP Outcomes: Budget 2024
The 2024 budget forecasts a greater contraction in 2023 and higher growth in 2024 compared to IMF projections.
Featured Insight
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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Sri Lanka’s Fitch Credit Rating has been downgraded 7 times during the last 7-years (May 2015 – May 2022)
Sri Lanka’s credit rating has been downgraded 7 times over the course of 7 years. 5 of those downgrades occurred since April 2020. In contrast, its regional peers have maintained their credit ratings.  ...
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Daily Mirror
Bonds held by pension funds likely to be restructu...
The Central Bank has proposed domestic debt restructuring that would primarily affect Treasury bills and bonds held by superannuation funds. Banks are excluded from the process. The plan involves converting Treasury bills into Treasury bond...
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The Island
Govt. not allocating enough funds to grant relief...
The Sri Lankan government was not allocating funds to ensure the availability of essential public goods despite the gradual stabilisation of the economy, Prof. Priyanga Dunusinghe, of Department of Economics at the Colombo University said ad...
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Daily Ft
IMF waiting for Sri Lanka to do the needful - Staf...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is waiting for Sri Lanka to comply with all the applicable IMF policies before further steps can be taken. In an emailed response to Daily Mirror, Peter Breuer, Senior Mission Chief for Sri Lanka and Mas...
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Emergency Credit assistance from IMF: Is...
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in severe macroeconomi...
Sri Lanka's Borrowing Limits
Can the government borrow more than what it is permitted by the Parliament? The Vote on...
Central Bank’s 30 year Bond Debacle: Tru...
The Sri Lanka...
Strengthening Parliament Critical for Cr...
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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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Sri Lanka's Fiscal for Targets for 2023
Sri Lanka Budget 2023: Government revenue is expected to be 11.3% of GDP in 2023, according to projections in the Budget 2023.
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The Best Next Step for Improving Tax Collection
This article was compiled by Sumini Siyambalapitiya. Sumini Siyambalapitiya is a former Lead Analyst in the Economics team of Verité Research and se...
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