The "construction output shock" that was generated by the massive reconstruction programmes after the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka spread through the economic system and was reflected in economic indicators due to the multiple linkages that the construction industry has with other economic...

A stock market or share market is a network of transactions of financial instruments. In general, performances of stock markets are measured by stock market indices. A stock market index is an indicator of the direction of the overall stock market and individual stocks. It is a statistic...

본고는 최근 넥스트 차이나로 각광받고 있는 인도와, 향후 세계경제를 견인할 신흥국 11개 국가(Next Eleven)로 선정된 파키스탄과 방글라데시가 포함된 남아시아 지역의 국가간 주요경제지표에 대한 장단기 연관성에 관한...

Measures of core inflation are designed to abstract the underlying trend in inflation from the headline measure of inflation and it is considered as the component of price change related to monetary phenomena. In that regard, core inflation can be considered as an important indicator of the...

Inflation in Sri Lanka is a key topic discussed in the open arena within last few years due to the unexpected shocks that it has created in the domestic goods and services market. The macroeconomic controls which have been tried were failed to provide the expected results in controlling this...

KEY ISSUES Context. Macroeconomic performance has generally exceeded expectations. Real GDP grew 7.3 percent for 2013, up from 6.3 percent in 2012. Inflation declined to below 5 percent, and the external current account balance has improved. Private credit growth has been slow, however, a number...