This note discusses the external environment, economic outlook, and key policy challenges for the six South East European Countries (SEE6)—Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH), Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) of Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia—as they seek to reignite economic...

This paper looks at the recent trends in income, output and employment, money and banking, fiscal reform, and foreign capital and investment. The changing economic environment can be seen from two recent events: the 1993 Austerity Plan and the 1995 Bank Law. Two issues are basic to the new...

The crypto industry has been hit hard with various market forces and scams, leaving investors with trillion-dollar losses in recent years. The appropriate tax treatment of such losses has yet to be fully examined, as there is scant guidance and a dearth of academic literature on the subject....

It is well known fact that all good things, as also bad things, come to an end and business cycles pass through good and bad economic times. Economically 2010 was a year of transition from economic recession to recovery. Economies were improving in some countries and industries were showing...

Globalization and strengthening of integration processes have, among other things, also influenced some solutions relating to monetary sovereignty of particular countries. A great number of transition countries as well as some other underdeveloped countries are facing both inefficiency in their...

This paper examines the fiscal and monetary policy options available to China as a sovereign currency-issuing nation operating in a dollar standard world. We first summarize a number of issues facing China, including the possibility of slower growth, global imbalances, and a number of domestic...

Launched in 2019 in Wuhan in china, the corona virus has now affected the entire world community. The World Health Organization has officially stated that it is currently a contagious disease in the world community(2020).Many of these countries have been affected and vaccination is now underway...

COVID-19 is the ongoing menace to the all over the world, labeled as pandemic and worst economic shock in recent history. Sri Lanka is one of the most vulnerable middle- income countries suffer most during this novel virus outbreak. The economic impact of COVID-19 can expect substantially both...

The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a global emergency. It examines the impact of the pandemic on Sri Lanka’s economy and poverty. Information about COVID-!9 was gathered and analysed from national and international research initiatives, as well as news articles about COVID-19,...