Annual Report 2019
Volume I
Preliminary Pages
List of Acronyms
Part I
Chapters
1. Economic, Price and Financial System Stability, Outlook and Policies
2. National Output, Expenditure and Income
3. Economic and Social Infrastructure
4. Prices, Wages, Employment and Productivity
5. External Sector Developments and Policies
6. Fiscal Policy and Government Finance
7. Monetary Policy, Money, Credit and Interest Rates
8. Financial Sector Performance and System Stability
Box Articles
1. Sri Lanka’s Graduation to the Upper Middle Income Country Status
2. COVID-19 and Sri Lanka: Challenges, Policy Responses and Outlook
3. Sri Lanka’s Economic Takeoff – The Need and The Readiness
4. Adoption of Modern Technologies in Agriculture
5. The Emergence of Gig Economy and Its Challenges
6. Powering Sustainable Growth and Development
7. Education Reforms to Break Free from the Middle Income Trap
8. Breaking Stereotypes: How Digitalisation will impact the Traditional Process of Statistics
9. The Impact of the Easter Sunday Attacks
10. The Importance of Effective Management of Government Expenditure amidst Subdued Revenue Mobilisation
11. Aligning Regulations with Business Models of Licensed Banks: Proportionality
13. Requirement for Regulating the Informal Moneylending Business in Sri Lanka
14. Major Economic Policy Changes and Measures: 2019
Infographics
1. Snapshot of National Output, Expenditure & Income-2019
2. Performance in relation to Economic and Social Overheads
3. Price Movement of Selected Food and Non-food Items – 2019
5. External Sector Performance
7. Monetary Sector Performance
8. Financial Sector Asset Composition and Selected Indicators
Statistical Appendix
Special Statistical Appendix
Volume II
Preliminary Pages
Part II
Accounts and Operations of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Part III
Part IV