Economists

A group of the world’s top economists including the Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz have called for Sri Lanka’s debt payments to be suspended as it tackles the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah. More than 600 people were killed and…

Economists expect Sri Lanka’s central bank to pause now but resume its rate cut cycle in the second quarter of this year to bolster the island nation’s recovery after an unprecedented crisis. The standing lending facility rate, currently…