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Sharing the cost of the crisis: The need to restructure domestic debt together with an ‘Asset Management Company’
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 University of Oxford (both in the UK). He was a research advisor to the Central Bank of Russia, consulted the Government of Sri Lanka, and presented his research at institutions including the IMF, Federal Reserve System, Bank of England, and Reserve Bank of Australia. His research has a strong policy focus and covers the nexus between the macroeconomy and the financial markets.
Featured Insight
Sharing the cost of the crisis: The need to restructure domestic debt together with an ‘Asset Management Company’
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 University of Oxford (both in the UK). He was a research advisor to the Central Bank of Russia, consulted the Government of Sri Lanka, and presented his research at institutions including the IMF, Federal Reserve System, Bank of England, and Reserve Bank of Australia. His research has a strong policy focus and covers the nexus between the macroeconomy and the financial markets.
Featured Insight
Sharing the cost of the crisis: The need to restructure domestic debt together with an ‘Asset Management Company’
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 University of Oxford (both in the UK). He was a research advisor to the Central Bank of Russia, consulted the Government of Sri Lanka, and presented his research at institutions including the IMF, Federal Reserve System, Bank of England, and Reserve Bank of Australia. His research has a strong policy focus and covers the nexus between the macroeconomy and the financial markets.
Featured Insight
Sharing the cost of the crisis: The need to restructure domestic debt together with an ‘Asset Management Company’
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 University of Oxford (both in the UK). He was a research advisor to the Central Bank of Russia, consulted the Government of Sri Lanka, and presented his research at institutions including the IMF, Federal Reserve System, Bank of England, and Reserve Bank of Australia. His research has a strong policy focus and covers the nexus between the macroeconomy and the financial markets.
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Interest Costs Have Been Eating Up Revenue
In 2023, for the first time in history, the government spent 9% of its GDP on interest payments, which took up 80% of the government revenue. A high interes...
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The Morning
Excise revenue reaches Rs. 105 b
The Excise Department has collected Rs. 105 billion in revenue by 30 June this year, marking a Rs. 17 billion increase compared to the same period last year, despite setbacks from natural disasters and issues at a major pro...
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Daily FT
March exports soar to 19-month high of $ 1.14 b
March 2024 saw Sri Lanka's exports reach a 19-month high of $1.14 billion, driving first-quarter performance up by 5.7% to $3.17 billion.
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Ceylon Today
SL revenue at 8.3%, 3rd lowest – IMF
According to an IMF study released on Tuesday (11 October), Sri Lanka (SL), with an estimated revenue collection equivalent to 8.3 per cent of GDP last year (2021), has the third lowest revenue collection among 40 ‘Emerging Market and...
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Insight on Revenue
Shrinking Tax Base Increases Tax Burden...
The income tax per person is calculated as the total government reve...
Earnings from Tourism: Are we getting it...
Sri Lanka is expecting the earnings from tourism to play a significa...
Workers’ Remittances in 2021 Falls to 10...
Remittances reached a 10-year low in 202...
Budget Obfuscates Benefit From Cigarette...
Tax on Cigarett...
Erosion of the Tax Base: A 33.5% decline...
There has been a decline in Sri Lanka'...
Income Tax Threshold Changes
Sri Lanka’s perso...
Taxing the Digital Economy
The Minister of Trade, Mr. Bandula G...
How does Sri Lanka’s Corporate Taxes Com...
A recent proposal initiated by the G7 to introduce a global mi...
Port City Commission Bill Offers Wider E...
The draft version of the Colombo Port Cit...
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The Cost of Inflation: Sustaining 2015 Consumption...
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's Unique Revenue Problem
Tax to GDP and GDP per capita for most South Asian countries shows a positive relationship as can be show by the infographic below. For example Bhutan had a tax to GDP of 10% in and GDP per capita of 4% in the year 2000....
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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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