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Interview: Sri Lanka BOP pressured by consumer spending, external woes
Aug 28, 2015 (LBO) – Post-war stimulus packages by Sri Lanka’s government have pushed up consumption demand which is now having an adverse impact on the trade deficit and balance of payments. This is one reason for the negative BOP position so far this year, Shiran Fernando at Frontier Research said. “We are in consumption […]
Tony Blair identifies seven principles for Sri Lanka’s reconciliation
Aug 28, 2015 (LBO) – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair delivering the Lakshman Kadirgamar memorial lecture recently outlined seven principles for a successful reconciliation process. “I think I can identify, based on my experience not only in Northern Ireland but elsewhere, seven principles of successful reconciliation,” First principle is the continued absence of conflict, […]
Debt Report: Money market keeps close eye on CB T-bill holdings, interest rates pick up
Aug 27, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka money markets kept a close eye on treasury bill purchases by Sri Lanka’s central bank this week, as interest rates rose amid turbulence in global markets.The central bank’s holding of treasury bills increased to 92.4 billion rupees on Monday from around 69 billion earlier this month, which is […]
Sri Lanka not the only nice girl on the beach: Policy maker
Aug 27, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs to build goods and services which can be competitive in the global market and plug in to value chains to gain cost advantages in the path towards a competitive economic nation, economic legislator and newly elected member of parliament, Harsha de Silva said. “We are not the […]
Sri Lanka should think carefully before any currency devaluation: Harsha de Silva
Aug 26, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should think carefully about devaluing the rupee as it may not be a good strategy to follow, even though other countries are trying to increase exports by weakening their domestic currencies, newly elected member of parliament and former deputy minister of policy planning Harsha de Silva said. “I, […]
Solar power becomes more competitive, investments rise in India, US
24 Aug, 2015 (LBO) – Solar power has become competitively priced in electricity markets and large investments are on the rise. India’s Madhya Pradesh announced on Sunday plans to host the world’s largest solar power station with a capacity of 750 megawatts.“Global tenders for commissioning the solar power station in an area over 1,500 hectares […]
