Sri Lanka

Consumer price inflation (CPI) figures since March have shown a pronounced softening, broadly in line with our view for disinflation this year. The recently-released figures showed... 2013-05-02

Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) plunged in March, in line with our broad view for disinflation this year and our expectation that inflation would start to head further south... 2013-04-05

Sri Lanka faced heavy criticism by the United Nations Human Rights Council on March 21 over its failure to conduct investigations over alleged government crimes committed during a civil... 2013-04-05

We have long cautioned that the political unassailability of the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) greatly increases the risk of government overreach, which could then... 2013-02-28

The latest figures for December 2012 showed that money supply growth in the island nation remains weak, chiming in with our broader view that a swift recovery from the ongoing economic... 2013-02-28

Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa sacked the country’s first woman Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake from office on January 13 with immediate effect. Earlier,... 2013-01-30

While the Sri Lankan rupee could see slightly more gains against the dollar in the near term, we believe that any further appreciation should be limited as the unit has come a long... 2013-01-30