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What happened to Sri Lanka's Gold Reserves?
Another cost of Sri Lanka's 2018-2022 crisis years, forcing liquidity priority over long-term diversification
Mar 30
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Sri Lanka's post-crisis lending boom
The extent and form of private sector lending expansion in 2025
Jan 11
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Beyond 2025: The Challenge of Sustaining Sri Lanka’s Fiscal Overperformance
Between Sustained Revenue Growth & Recovery in Capex
Sep 13, 2025
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Thathsarani Siriwardana
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Diversification of Sri Lanka’s Remittance flows – in source & form
Remittance flows amount to about 6-7% of GDP & 20-25% of FX earnings
Jun 21, 2025
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Thathsarani Siriwardana
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Is Sri Lanka sufficiently serious about transition to a Public Debt Management Office (PDMO)?
An effective institutional transition is crucial to debt sustainability
Jun 9, 2025
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Umesh Moramudali
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How much external debt repayments does Sri Lanka have to make in 2025?
Feb 16, 2025
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Sri Lanka's post-crisis lending boom
Jan 11
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Sri Lanka’s Public Debt – What is foreign & What is domestic?
Feb 9, 2023
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Thilina Panduwawala
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'Financing' Sri Lanka's Current Account Surplus
Nov 5, 2024
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Sri Lanka's Public Sector amidst Ageing Demographics
Reforming before Ageing creates more problems?
Apr 18, 2025
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Thathsarani Siriwardana
How did Sri Lanka end up with a LKR 700bn discrepancy in Capital Expenditure estimates?
2025 Budget Estimates don't sync with Budget Speech numbers
Mar 22, 2025
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Umesh Moramudali
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Sri Lanka’s Shifting Personal Income Tax Policies - 2005 to 2025
6 Personal Income Tax Regimes in 20 years
Mar 8, 2025
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Thathsarani Siriwardana
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How much external debt repayments does Sri Lanka have to make in 2025?
Now that Debt Restructuring is (almost) complete
Feb 16, 2025
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Thilina Panduwawala
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'Financing' Sri Lanka's Current Account Surplus
It's much more than a build up in Central Bank Foreign Reserves
Nov 5, 2024
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Thilina Panduwawala
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China EXIM Bank has completed Sri Lanka Bilateral Debt Restructuring?
What can be gleaned from Sri Lanka's MoF reports
Sep 12, 2024
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Sri Lanka's Post-Default Macro - Sovereign Default & External Surpluses
A look at the numbers behind the strengthening of the LKR
Jul 20, 2024
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Thilina Panduwawala
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How big are Sri Lanka's non-tourism Services Exports?
An attempt to get the rest out of tourism's shadow
Mar 4, 2024
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Thilina Panduwawala
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Sri Lanka's 2023 balance of payments & $2.5bn reserve accumulation
Comparing actual BOP numbers available to the IMF program assumptions
Jan 15, 2024
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Thilina Panduwawala
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