Background: This paper examines the role of monetary and fiscal factors in interest rate variations in Sri Lanka under its deregulated regime of interest rates. In addition the paper also examines the role of monetary factors in the variation of interest rates, using a quarterly dataset for the...

This paper examines the relative role of structural and monetary factors in the variation of inflation in India over the period 1996–1997: Q1 to 2013–2014: Q4. The paper finds that both the monetary factors and the output gap has significant role. The role of the output gap in inflation is...

Background: This paper examines the role of monetary and fiscal factors in interest rate variations in Sri Lanka under its deregulated regime of interest rates. In addition the paper also examines the role of monetary factors in the variation of interest rates, using a quarterly dataset for the...

Sri Lanka is an open and market-oriented lower middle income economy situated in South Asia. It is one of the fastest growing economies in Asia and developing world in the recent years. Sri Lankan economy has achieved 6.4 per cent growth over the period 2003 to 2012. At the same period the...