M. A. Sumanthiran Appointed as General Secretary of ITAK
Former Member of Parliament M. A. Sumanthiran has been appointed as the General Secretary of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi ...
Tag: INFLATION
Inflation Trends in 2024: Gradual Decline Fails to Ease Cost of Living for Low-Income Families
According to reports submitted by the Department of Demographics and Statistics, as well as the Department of Humanities and Statistics, ...
Headline Inflation Records 1.7% Deflation in December, Marking Fourth Consecutive Month of Decline
Headline inflation, as measured by the annual change in the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI, 2021=100), continued its downward trend ...
August 2022 food inflation peaks
Food Inflation increases to 84.6% in August 2022 from 82.5% in July 2022, reported the National Consumer Price Index on ...
Sri Lanka’s real wages down as inflation races ahead
Official data show that while wages in the informal sector have begun to rise in rupee terms, they will still ...
Sri Lanka’s inflation hit an eleventh consecutive monthly record in August
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's inflation hit an eleventh consecutive monthly record in August, official data showed on Wednesday, rising to 64.3 ...
Inflation soars to 64.3% in August
The Department of Census and Statistics says that the overall rate of inflation as measured by CCPI on y-o-y basis ...
CBSL governor says Inflation will peak in September, but not surpass 70% as projected
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has stated that it is seeing an improvement in the country's inflation situation ...
NCPI-based headline inflation recorded at 66.7% on a year-on-year basis in July 2022
Headline inflation, as measured by the year-on-year (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100) increased to 66.7% ...
CCPI inflation climbs to 60.8%
The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) inflation rate increased to 60.8 percent year on year in July 2022, while the ...