OPINION POLLS
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
Business sentiment may have nudged down but consumer confidence hasn’t followed suit. Last month’s uptick in the nielseniQ’s three-month rolling consumer confidence index
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THE COST OF LIVING
The PepperCube Cost of Living Index (CLI) registered a rise to 92.6 from July’s 91.3. And with inflation rising globally, it’s unlikely that we’ll see any dramatic downward movement soon.
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BUSINESS SENTIMENT
Despite the protracted period of suffering in recent months, Sri Lankans are gradually reclaiming a sense of their previous existence as the interminable wait
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BURNING ISSUES
The nation heaved a sigh of relief as the last few weeks have seen a welcome respite from the interminable queues, and cooking gas and fuel are somewhat accessible if…
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THE ECONOMY
The encouraging reliefs after several months of intense hardship seem to have a positive bearing on both the Business Confidence Index (BCI) and Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
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CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
Our lament about “when will we see an uptick in the NielsenIQ’s threemonth rolling Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)?” has been heard! It’s with a sense
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THE COST OF LIVING
Much as we could do with even a modicum of good news, it is regrettable that the PepperCube Cost of Living Index (CLI) has barely dropped from 93.9 in June
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BUSINESS SENTIMENT
Time to dig deep for that island sense of joie de vivre and look for those silver linings… And despite the pessimistic economic forecast for the next 12 months
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BURNING ISSUES
These days, the quality of life of Sri Lankans from every walk of life is measured by the anxious hours spent not only in interminable queues
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THE ECONOMY
At the end of June, inflation was 54.6 percent with food inflation as high as 80.1 percent. The untold suffering of middle and lower income households
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