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OPINION POLLS

  • Sep- 2022 -
    1 September

    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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  • 1 September

    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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  • Aug- 2022 -
    30 August

    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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  • Jul- 2022 -
    28 July

    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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  • 28 July

    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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  • 28 July

    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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  • 28 July

    CONSUMER CONFIDENCE

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  • 27 July

    THE COST OF LIVING

    INFLATION EMPTIES BELLIES The unique cost of living index reflects the benighted times we live in We remain despondent but grateful that the PepperCube Cost of Living Index (CLI) has…

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  • 22 July

    OPINION PAGE

    THE LAST HURRAH “People are not expecting the old politics from us. They expect us to work together. Now that the election is over, we have to end this division.”

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  • 5 July

    THE ECONOMY

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