To mitigate the health and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, governments worldwide engaged in massive fiscal support programs. We show that generous fiscal support is associated with an increase in the demand for consumption goods during the pandemic, but industrial production did not...

COVID-19 is the ongoing menace to the all over the world, labelled 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...

COVID-19 is one of the most fearsome pandemics that the world is facing right now. COVID-19 has completely driven the people lives of Sri lanka as well as rest of the world, totally in a different way. Economically, Sri lanka was already in a bad condition before start of this pandemic and now...

COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading across the globe, taking thousands of lives and bringing hundreds of economies to downturn and this review study comprehensively examines the impact of COVID-19 on GDP, inflation, stock market, poverty, employment and tourism industry downturn in Sri Lanka.In...

The on going COVID-19 pandemic that originated in the city of Wuhan, China, has been caused a huge damage to the world population and the global economy. In Sri Lanka, the first case of COVID-19 was reported on 27th January 2020 which was a Chinese travel individual. The government of Sri Lanka...