Sri Lanka's Sovereign Default: Painful Structural Reform Needed
Public debt is 119% of GDP, and the primary balance 8%ofGDP away from from sustainability. A new government must undertake painful structural...
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Sri Lanka: Market Insight
SRI LANKA: GETTING BACK ON TRACK OR JUST BUYING TIME? SRILAN bonds are gradually recovering after successful new loans and swaps. But there is a...
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Sri Lanka: Closer to Being Asia's Argentina Despite Swaps from PRC's Poisoned Chalice
Sri Lanka's public debt is 100% of GDP, & 2021 primary fiscal deficit 4% of GDP. External debt is 440% of goods exports, foreign reserves are...
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SRI LANKA: Surviving Between a Rock and a Hard Place
In our last report dated 12-May-20, we highlighted the fact that Sri Lanka will not default this year. We also compared Sri Lanka with its closest...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Singapore's Election, Thai Hospitals, and Rubber Gloves
This past week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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