Money Report Q & A – Luis M. Valdivieso

Top donors including the IMF had an opportunity to
listen to and have a dialogue with the government about its policy framework at
the Development Forum in Kandy. The IMF also released a statement to the donors
(link)
and made a presentation (
link).

Shamindra Kulamannage spoke to IMF’s Senior Resident
Representative in Sri Lanka, Luis M. Valdivieso, to find out the Fund’s stand on
the recent performance of the economy. This is a transcript of an interview
broadcast over The Money Report financial news program on ETV. Top donors including the IMF had an opportunity to
listen to and have a dialogue with the government about its policy framework at
the Development Forum in Kandy. The IMF also released a statement to the donors
(
link)
and made a presentation (
link).

Shamindra Kulamannage spoke to IMF’s Senior Resident
Representative in Sri Lanka, Luis M. Valdivieso, to find out the Fund’s stand on
the recent performance of the economy. This is a transcript of an interview
broadcast over The Money Report financial news program on ETV. Shamindra started by asking how the fund viewed the deteriorating macro fundamentals last year.


A: You are right. The micro economic situation