Sri Lanka stocks outperform (33% USD return) emerging market to developed markets in 2023

Sri Lanka stocks outperform (33% USD return) emerging market to developed markets in 2023

China and India are accounting for more than half of global rice production

USA’s Debt default would be a ‘catastrophic’ event for the entire globe

Sri Lanka slips two points in Global Corruption Index

Global Food prices are cooling down

Developing Asian require more effort to improve digital entrepreneurial ecosystems

Sri Lanka ranked among top 10 friendliest countries in the world

Sri Lanka is among the seven countries that face a currency crisis - Nomura Holdings

The growth of Global Food prices is slowing down

Will Sri Lankan have to work more hours to get out of economic mess in time to come ?

Sri Lanka MSCI USD return is positive during September, despite it is negative YTD

Cost of shipping via sea routes continue to collapse

Sri Lanka present declares state of emergency

Sri Lanka Gas prices increased by 93% to LKR 5,175.00

Over a decade many Asian countries have improved their capacity to import goods and services

Over a decade many Asian countries have improved their capacity to import goods and services

Sri Lanka one of the weakest in World Happiness Index 2022

Sri Lanka lags in youth progress index in the last few years

Sri Lanka slips in global Corruption perception Index

Global Food prices at their highest but growth is slowing down

Crypto crash

Global Ranking of Sri Lanka Passport placed at 102 out of 111 positions

Sri Lanka move seven places up in ranking of Sustainable Development Goals 2021

Sri Lanka has finally granted permission to import plant nutrients and agrochemicals for crops

Sri Lanka budget proposed to extend the retainment age to 65 for public servient

Global Food Price Index at its highest since July 2011

Sri Lanka ranked 76 out of 139 countries on rule of law, dropping three positions in 2021

Sri Lanka has been deteriorated further, in Global Food Security Index

House prices are rising in many major economies

Sri Lanka records lowest hunger level in South Asia but low progress during last 20 years

Sri Lanka ranked top in South Asia for internet freedom

Gas prices skyrocket globally as energy crisis is getting worsening

Sri Lanka ranked among the top 25 in the Global Service Location Index in 2021

Southeast Asian economies ranked as the worst places to be with COVID19

Sri Lanka has slipped to 83rd place in 2020 from 65th place in 2015 of the Networked Readiness Index

Many countries in South Asia and Asia pacific rank among the top listers facing money laundering and terrorist financing risk

Sri Lankans are slightly happier in 2018-20 than 2016-19

Sri Lanka slipped in Global Peace Index by 18 places

Growth of Oil Futures surpassed Bitcoin gains in 2021

Sri Lanka slipped further in Global Prosperity Index in 2020

Sri Lanka is ranked at the bottom of the Digital Quality of Life (DQL) Index 2020

Global worker remittances are going at healthy rate in some corridors

Sri Lanka has improved marginally on Global Services Location Index this year

Uncertainty of the global trading has pulled down the improvement of Global Financial Centres

Sri Lanka stock performance pulled back by currency weakening

Mexico is on track to become the latest country to legalese cannabis

Chinese lenders continue to provide global debt relief in 2020 and 2021

Vietnam credit rating improve from Stable to Positive by Fitch and Moody

Sri Lanka has fallen in B2C ECommerce Index in 2020

A Jumbo traffic jam on one of the most important highways of global trade

Sri Lanka fell 4 places in Global Peace Index 2020

Sri Lanka ranked 129th place in World Happiness Index 2018-2020

Sri Lanka ranked 64th Place in Global Social Progress Index 2020

Sri Lanka ranked 90th in Government AI Readiness Index for 2020 among 172 countries

Bangladesh is becoming South Asia economic bull case

Sri Lanka ranked 68th place in Global for Efficiency of legal framework

Global Food Price Index hits a three-year high in 2020

Sri Lanka outperform several strong Asia Pacific economies in Human Development

Sri Lanka Ranks top in the Social Mobility in South Asia

Crypto currency, Bitcoin surpassed Dollar 18,000 and focus on breaking all time high

Government to set up a non-resident City University per District under Budget 2021

Sri Lanka is finding it difficult to accumulate the foreign reserves during 2020 so far

Bitcoin is having one of its best years.

Sri Lanka has been ranked at 101 in the Global Entrepreneurship index out of 137 countries

Global Remittance Flows to Shrink 14 percent by 2021 - WB

The Turkish Lira continued its gradual slide to record low level

Dominancy of private investments in Europe has been taken over by Asia Pacific

Sri Lanka has improved in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) surpasses other South Asian countries

Bitcoin prices surge to highest since 2018 after PayPal move to accept the cryptocurrency for transactions

Fear of job losses toped in Malaysia from Asian continent

Sri Lanka delays publishing 2Q 2020 GDP till end of this year

Additional Spending and Forgone Revenue in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Selected countries

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom a broader crisis for democracy worldwide.

South Asia is set to plunge into its worst-ever recession as the devastating impacts of COVID-19

Sri Lanka improved in Fragile States Index 2020

Global commodity prices fell in September compared with August as dollar rise and uncertainty over economic recovery

Sri Lanka ranked 112 place in Economic Freedom Index for 2020

Gold Price Records Its First Weekly Loss Since June

The price of Bitcoin has broken out of a three-year descending trendline - Forbes

Goldman Sachs says gold will surge another 20% and hit $2,300 in the next year

Sri Lanka Stock Index took strong start for the week while Vietnam & Philippine stock indexes slide concerns of a second wave of COVID infections

Sri Lanka lagging behind Asian Economies despite improve the Business Environment Score

Sri Lanka's proposed economic stimulation to combat COVID19 is relatively weak among other Asian Countries

Credit default looming across the globe

UK sells its first bonds at a negative interest rate

Sri Lanka removed from FATF Grey List under new method

IMF grants total of USD 17.5 Bn to combat the economic impact to globe, Sri Lanka is talking to IMF

Sri Lanka fell by one rank in Press Freedom Index in 2020

Sri Lanka CSE is preparing for hand landing

80 percent COVID-19 case of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE and Bahrain are migrant workers

Why COVID-19 status is not bad in USA against rest of the world

COVID19 accelerates spreading in Gulf states

Sri Lanka ranked as 9th best country that has Responded to the COVID-19

Maldives economy is estimated to be hit hard but recovered fast from COVID-19 impact out of SAAR countries

The association of testing for COVID-19 vs death

EIU estimates China GDP to reach 10 percent by 2Q 2020 but overall 2020 growth will be only 1 percent

COVID-19 impact on tourism sector

Japan to declare state of emergency as the confirmed cases increased to 3,654 death to 85

COVID-19 Government Response Stringency Index Sri Lanka at top, did it timed properly ?

Export Covid-19 with tourism

Asian Countries Risk premium increases while widening the spread with US Treasuries

Total death exceeds 30,000 and one third is Italy

Growth of Covid-19 confirmed cases in US is worse than China

Lessons we can learn from the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Pandemic

UK is at biggest risk as countries with low Acute care hospital beds tend to have higher patients

Sri Lanka still at low risk exposure for high death rate as per the age distribution of confirmed cases and CFR

Covid-19 vs debt to GDP of the hard hit western countries

Effective action by the Government against the Convid-19 is one key factor to control the spreading

Funds move more liquid financial Instruments as risk keep rising

U.S. stock indexes plunged even after FEDs massive stimulation

Federal Reserve slashes interest rates to zero

Lebanon to Default EuroBond of Dollar 1.2 Bn

Largest listed firm in the world Saudi Aramco shaved off Doller 560 Mn

Sri Lanka Rupee fell from 182.00 to 183.00 while Indian Rupee crashes to near record low against the US dollar

Sri Lanka Stock market slides once again 1.48 percent

Global fear surged reflecting Volatility index VIX hits highest since 2011

Sri Lanka accounted for one of most miserable economy in Asia in 2019

The values of Global large and mid cap stocks deteriorating rapidly in 2020

Sri Lanka Ranked 15th place at Asia business environment rankings

Corona is still pulling down Asia Stock markets

SriLanka fell in the Global Talent Competitiveness Index 2020 as failed to attract talent

Worker Remittances grown by 4.7 percent in Asian Countries but Sri Lanka has experienced negative growth for 2015-2019

LIBOR is expected to end by December 2021 in UK and US. SL has issued SLDBs maturing till 2025

Lack of progress eradicating public sector corruption, SL remain stagnated for last seven years

Sri Lanka Colombo Port ranked 24th Place among the global Ports in 2018

Sri Lanka slipping in Global Gender Gap index during last decade

Sri Lanka is lagging in Integrated Index for Postal Development

Sri Lanka seven places up in Business-to-Consumer E-commerce Index- 2019

Sri Lanka is the 4th best performer among Central and Southern Asia countries on Global Talent competitive Index 2019

Sri Lanka ranked at Very Low Proficiency on English under the EF EPI 2019

Sri Lanka moved from 85th to 79th rank in Global Passport Power Rank in 2019

Sri Lanka fell nine places down in International Logistic Performance Index in 2018 from 2014

Sri Lanka ranked 5th place among Asian countries in International Trade barrier Index 2019

Sri Lanka among the few countries that have largely improved in Social Progress Index over last six years

Starting a business & dealing with construction in par with East Asia scores on Doing Business Index 2020

Sri Lanka moves up One notch in Ease of Doing Business Index 2020

Sri Lanka ranked at 2nd place in Global Climate Risk Index 2019

Sri Lanka performance in UL safety Index during 2002-2019

Most important overall factors in choosing where to make an investment -2019

Weak performance of Logistics quality, competence and timeliness pull-down Sri Lanka on trade logistics Index - 2018

Sri Lanka up by one place to 84 in Global Competitiveness Index 2019

Equity Market valuations turned to be very attractive after recent sell-off

Sri Lanka remain as first place in South Asia on the Global Hunger Index 2019 ( 66th In Global)

Sri Lanka has improved in Economic Complexity Index in 2017 after deteriorated in 2015

Sri Lanka once again increased it's vulnerability to natural hazards

Frontier & Emerging market currencies are under pressure in the month of August

Frontier & Emerging market currencies are under pressure in the month of August

Quality of Nationality Index 2017 Selected Asia Pacific Countries

Sri Lanka ranked at 5th place in Asia as per the Environment Performance Index - 2018

SriLanka has climbed two places in the Global Innovation Index 2018

SriLanka among the few countries that have a lower Smoking Prevalence