Sri Lanka talks growth-inflation tightrope
Nov 07, 2007 (LBO) – Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said that tight monetary policy and efforts to reduce the budget deficit should trim …
Nov 07, 2007 (LBO) – Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal said that tight monetary policy and efforts to reduce the budget deficit should trim …
Nov 07, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka is seeking a balance between subsidies and development in a budget for 2008 to be presented today, as officials said planned …
Nov 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse said Wednesday that Tamil Tiger separatist terrorism has to be defeated in order to achieve …
Nov 07, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka ship owners won a tax concession in the government's budget for 2008 presented in parliament Wednesday by president and …
Nov 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's country-wide inflation shot up to 22.1 percent in September, the latest data shows, while the monetary authority is …
Nov 6, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka is expected to unveil its biggest ever war budget this week, as a government military campaign to crush the Tamil Tiger rebels …
Nov 06, 2007 (LBO) – The Sri Lankan rupee would appreciate to 110 to the US dollar and interest rates and inflation would fall further, Treasury …
Nov 02, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank says it would not have to print money as the government had borrowed abroad helping lower inflation in the …
Nov 01, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is depending on women to earn foreign revenues more than any other country in the world with the bulk of worker …
Nov 01, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should lower inflation to protect the poor and take steps to clear economic imbalances that were building up, a top …
Nov 1, 2007 (AFP) - A top World Bank official on Thursday urged Sri Lanka to cut a political deal with Tamil rebels to help spur economic growth which has been …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's inflation rocketed 3.8 percent in October driving consumer prices in the capital Colombo during the past 12-months to …
Oct 31, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lanka treasury yields plummeted at Wednesday's auction with the benchmark 3-month bill falling 143 basis points to 15. online pharmacy …
Oct 27, 2007 (LBO) – Two Sri Lankan primates, man's closest relatives in the wild, have been named as being among 25 species that are most severely …
Oct 27, 2007 (LBO) - Eighty percent of Sri Lanka's budget next year would be spent by 20 percent of the ministries with more than half the ministries getting …
Oct 26, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank said the balance of payments surplus in 2007 would more than double to 450 million dollars with the help of …
WASHINGTON, Oct 24, 2007 (LBO) – At this year's annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the largest lender to poor countries, the World …
Oct 24, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lankan government Treasury bill yields have fallen sharply after the government's 500 million US dollar bond sale, dealers said. The …
Oct 23, 2007 (LBO) – Lanka Rating Agency has warned of a possible slump in the property market which has been growing rapidly in recent years and shows …
Oct 22, 2007 (LBO) - Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels launched an air and ground assault under cover of darkness on an air force base in the north central …