However, it is difficult to detect any coherent changes in policy objectives or changes in behavior that one might expect to have accompanied reforms of this kind. Specifically, neither Sri Lanka's offset nor its sterilization coefficient increased in the post-1977 period [310]...
Despite a 3.7 percent budget primary deficit in 2022, we achieved a significant turnaround in 2023, achieving a primary budget surplus. This marks the sixth instance of Sri Lanka achieving such a surplus in the 76 years since independence. In 2022, the balance of payments deficit was 1.9 perc...
Sri Lanka went to IMF in the past mostly after mis-targeted rates, led to balance of payments crises, an economic problem associated with reserve collecting central banks that operate both money and exchange policies simultaneously. “This program is slightly different in one critical way,” IMF’...
Sri Lanka started to record current account surpluses from around the third quarter of 2022 when the central bank stopped printing money and its deflationary policy started to show up in the balance of payments. The financial account officially (subject to errors and omissions) started to show a...
Sri Lanka'S 1977 Balance-Of-Payments and Financial Reforms: Plus Ca Change? A new Sri Lankan government came to power in 1977 with a sweeping program of financial liberalization and balance-of-payments reforms. This paper tests econometrically whether or not there were significant regime changes ...
The exchange rate is a key determinant of balance of payments (BOP) of the country. Thus, this study attempts to examine the impact of exchange rate on balance of payment by adopting Sri Lanka data over the period of 1978 to 2016. Johansen cointegration technique is used to identify the ...
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The IMF recommended that given the low level of revenues, far-reaching tax reforms are urgently needed. Other challenges that need addressing include containing rising levels of inflation, addressing the severe balance of payments pressures, reducing corruption vulnerabilities and embarking on growth-enhan...
“Sri Lanka is facing difficult economic conditions and severe balance of payments problems. Recent economic indicators suggest that economic activities have been negatively affected by fuel and power shortages. Rising global food and oil prices have further added to the balance of payments pressures. ...