By Dr. Kenneth De Zilwa Background The Central Bank of Sri Lanka had come under increasing criticism over its Inflation …
BiZnomics Global Out-front
Article By: BiZnomics Research Team USA Monetary Policy-Fed Dilemma Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell mentioned that US Monetary policy is …
Are we there yet?
BiZnomics Research Team, being a body of professional Economic and business researches, felt it opportune to discuss national economic conditions …
Millennium Challenge Corporation in Sri Lanka: Paving the Way for Land Grab by Multinational Companies
Article by: Prof. W. D. Lakshman The decision of 29 October 2019 by the outgoing Cabinet to sign a compact …
Active Trade policy for economic development
Professor W. D. Lakshman Do countries with lower barriers to international trade experience faster growth? This has been one of …
The Silver Lining, in the Emerging ‘Silver Economy’
By: Dr. Kenneth De Zilwa It has become a fad to argue that political and corporate leaders ought to be …
SL Enters the global map as best travel destination
Sri Lanka with its unique blend of diverse culture, bio diversity and friendly people enters the global map as The …
Different Models of Developmental State
To put it bluntly, there isn’t one economic theory that can single-handedly explain Singapore’s success; its economy combines extreme features …
Biznomics Note Pad
By Biznomics Research Team Market Embraces Sri Lanka Sovereign Bond Issue Sri Lanka raised USD 2.0 billion international sovereign bonds …
BiZnomics Global Out-front
President Trump offered to meet North Korean leader Kin Jong Un at the demilitarised zone following the G 20 Summit …
Political Leadership-A Matter of Age
By: Dr. Kenneth De Zilwa Perspective Age has become an increasingly discussed topic when it comes to our political leaders …
Sri Lanka in a Transforming South Asian Economic Landscape (Data as at 2018)
India remains the Global leader and among the fastest growing economies of the world with a population of 1,316 …
Monetary Easing – Central Bank’s Policy Dilemma
The Monetary Policy dilemma is nothing new as we have seen US, Japan and other developed economies question the monetary …
BiZnomics Global Outfront
US – China Trade Talks After months of trade war, the US and China agreed to a 90-day truce to …
IMF Extends Sri Lanka’s Fund Facility
Ms. Manuels Goretti who has almost 13 years of work experience in the International Monetary Fund currently is a Deputy …
Easter Attack Creates Fear & Frustration
Love and Compassion, was the response to Sri Lankans on the Easter Sunday attacks in several churches in Sri Lanka …
Silk vs. Automobile – Why Countries Need to Defy Comparative Advantage In Order to Develop
Once upon a time, the leading car-maker of a developing country exported its first passenger cars to the US. Unfortunately, …
Bilateral Free Trade Agreements: Are we on the Right Track?
The process of Sri Lankan policy reforms of liberalisation since 1977 has been predominantly unilateral. These reforms were undertaken in …
Growing demand for urban TRANSPORT STRATEGY
An efficient, modern and clean public transport connectivity is essential for a country, before we think of isolated link of …
Can Sri Lanka Bank on Banking?
The Sri Lanka banking sector is a vital cog in the economic wheels of the country as it accounts for …
India, the next Global profit story
China and India are two large countries with India occupying a greater part of South Asia. China has its territory …
BIZnomics Note Pad
China and India – the second and seventh largest economies in the world (two largest economies in Asia) – are …
Global non – inclusive growth; Extract from article by Christean Lagarde
IMF Chief Christean Lagarde in her message in the IMF Annual Report 2018 says that countries should promote an open …
Changing Debt Profile of Sri Lanka
A Recent History Over the recent past, the Sri Lankan general public has shown a great deal of interest in …
The Rise of the Indian Rupee
India’s economy will overtake the US by 2030. And will be the world’s youngest major economy. In just 12 years, …
The Price We Pay For Not Understanding The ‘Price’
In the book titled ‘Marx’s ‘Theory of price and its Modern Rivals’, Sri Lankan born and educated Prof. Howard Nicholas …
“Made in Sri Lanka”
Ever watch the movie, Rocky? I mean, any of those would suffice. But mainly, the original. In fact, if you …
USD / LKR Outlook
By : Kenneth De Zilwa Chart-4-USD/LKR Monthly price movement Source: CBSL The rupee has weakened by 17.5pct on a year …
The slide of the rupee is an inevitable fact
By : Kenneth De Zilwa The trend still remains soft and lower based on technical analysis. Thus Econsult thinks Soya …
Soya Market Insight
By : Kenneth De Zilwa Chicago soybean futures appear to have hit a bottom post the trade war between Washington …
Moody’s Credit Rating
By : Kenneth De Zilwa Moody’s Credit Rating Agency on the 23rd of November 2018 announced that they have downgraded …
Herd Behavior – Driven by Market Share
By : Kenneth De Zilwa Global stock markets are strongly correlated to each other and this makes any financial contagion …
Global Trade Rebalancing – The Commodity & Currency Effect
By : Kenneth De Zilwa Global markets are a buzz with fear being mooted about a “contagion” and China debt …
Banking In a Spot of Bother
By : Kenneth De Zilwa The Sri Lankan Banking system credit growth is strongly correlated with the economic activity of …
Speculative Bubble In the Making
By : Kenneth De Zilwa The stock market rally can be put into context by analyzing its market capitalizations as …
Rupee still not out of the woods
By : Kenneth De Zilwa The USD/LKR has halted its slide temporarily. The main factor had being CBSL “Moral Suasion” …
Property and Construction Industry
By : Kenneth De Zilwa The country key drive has been the construction industry which accounts for 7pct of GDP. …
Past is a Reflection of the Future – History does repeat itself
By : Kenneth De Zilwa The Global Stock Markets have rallied beyond its mean of 50.45 pct on three previous …
Gold Trend in the Coming Month
By : Kenneth De Zilwa Gold has lost its value from its high of USD 1858 per ounce as at …
