Sunanda Bandara bowls a wide on the widening trade deficit
[…] The gap between export earnings and import expenditure is gradually widening due to the country lifting all import bans except for vehicle imports in the recent past. […] The trade deficit of the first nine months of this year is USD 1,141 million more than last year’s.
| November 11, 2024
Posted on: 29 January, 2025
False
Shehan Semasinghe not-challenged on the not-a-challenge, vis-à-vis revenue-to-GDP
Raising the state revenue to 13.1% [of GDP] was not a challenge… [for the new NPP government].
Iroma TV | October 21, 2024
Posted on: 16 January, 2025
True
MP Rohini Wijerathna misses the forest for the trees on money printing
This [NPP] government too is doing the same thing that was done by the previous Gotabaya Rajapaksa administration. […] At the moment, the Central Bank is using the methods of term auctions and overnight auctions to print money. LKR 36.16 billion was printed last Friday [October 25] through the overnight auction. LKR 70 billion has been printed within the 7 days of the past week through the term auction. Excess liquidity has increased by LKR 55.4 billion in the past month [September].
Sri Lanka Mirror | October 28, 2024
Posted on: 10 January, 2025
False