Developed countries urged not to curb migrant workers
Dec 18, 2008 (LBO) – Developed countries should not shut out migrant workers at times of economic crisis as they still face labour shortages and workers …
Dec 18, 2008 (LBO) – Developed countries should not shut out migrant workers at times of economic crisis as they still face labour shortages and workers …
Dec 17, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's economic expansion is likely to slow in the last quarter as an external slowdown hits demand for its products, resulting …
WASHINGTON, December 17, 2008 (AFP) - The Federal Reserve used up its ammunition on monetary policy Tuesday by slashing its base lending rate to virtually zero …
Dec 16, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's economy expanded 6.3 percent in the third quarter of 2008 over the same quarter the previous year, and against 7.0 in …
Dec 15, 2008 (LBO) – The International Monetary Fund has praised the robust 'hard peg' (currency board) of Hong Kong with the US dollar even as Sri Lanka …
Dec 15, 2008 (LBO) – Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) said it has downgraded Sri Lanka’s long term foreign currency sovereign credit rating to …
Dec 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank has disputed a sovereign credit downgrade by Standard & Poors to 'B' from 'B+' saying it done without …
Dec 14, 2008 (LBO) - State-run Sri Lanka Tea Board has spent over 200 million rupees to buy tea, using printed money from the Central Bank, in a Zimbabwe-style …
Dec 12, 2008 (LBO) – Researchers in Sri Lanka and elsewhere should not be guided by romanticism but approach an issue with an open mind and be prepared …
Dec 08, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's government Friday won a crucial vote in parliament on its budget for 2009 with a majority of 42 votes, a parliamentary …
RIGA, December 4, 2008 (AFP) - The IMF has suggested that Latvia drop the peg linking its national currency with the euro to help solve the country's deepening …
Dec 05, 2008 (LBO) - Despite printing money to subsidize oil and driving inflation sky high, speculating in oil derivatives to keep prices down and getting the …
Nov 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's central bank, under fire for advising a state-run petroleum firm to hedge oil imports using derivatives in the belief …
Dec 04, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's controversial 'core' inflation index, which the Central Bank says it uses for monetary policy decisions, was at 18. online …
WASHINGTON, December 2, 2008 (AFP) - A US recession began in December 2007, a panel of economists charged with the official designation of business cycles said …
GENEVA, December 2, 2008 (AFP) - Monsoon floods in the north of Sri Lanka have affected more than 370,000 people, with 71,000 being displaced, the United …
Nov 30, 2008 (LBO) - Calls for independent management for Sri Lanka's state-managed Employees Provident Fund are gaining more support, with less than half of …
Nov 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka should stop a self-destructive sterilized intervention cycle of the national currency and move to stabilize the economy, …
Nov 28, 2008 (LBO) – Consumer inflation in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo fell to 16.3 percent in November from 20.2 percent in October, while prices fell …
November 27, 2008 (AFP) - At least two government soldiers drowned and more than 230,000 civilians were driven from their homes in Sri Lanka's embattled north …