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Economic Policies in an Election Year: Suggested Priorities

Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engageme...

Economic Policies in an Election Year: Some Inconvenient Arithmetic - Part I

Dr. Sharmini Coorey is a non-resident fellow at Verité Research. She was a former Department Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Group on multilateral engageme...

Schrodinger’s Banks: The Immediate Need for Policies to Ensure Financial Stability

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 Fi...

CBSL more Optimistic than the IMF

According to the Annual Report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) published for the financial year 2022, projected real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth was higher than the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) projection.

Sri Lanka is Forecasted the Lowest Economic Growth in 2023 Among 148 Countries

According to the world bank global economic prospects report (published in Jan 2023), Sri Lanka is expected to have the lowest economic growth among 148 other nations.

Will the Increase in Cigarette Taxes Meet Budgeted Revenue?

On the 1st of Jan 2023, the government increased excises taxes on cigarettes by 20% as follows: Size Old Excise Tax per Cigarette New Excise Tax per Cigarette...