CENTRAL BANK: FIXING THE FIGURES?

CENTRAL BANK: FIXING THE FIGURES?

by Staff Writer 26-06-2018 | 4:42 PM
Public interest activist the JVP’s Wasantha Samarasinghe has revealed an apparent attempt by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka to fix the national GDP growth figures. Samarasinghe who appeared on TV1’s Newline programme said that the Central Bank website shows clearly how the figures have been changed to manipulate a better growth figure. Samarasinghe expressed dismay that the Central Bank had changed historical data – as in figures from previous years. Although the Central Bank maintains that the growth rate of GDP values is 3.2% the reality is different. The factual position is that the real growth rate of GDP values for the 2018 1st quarter is 2.7% - based on figures the Central Bank published previously.

2,015

 

2,016

 

2,017

 

2017 First Quarter Document

2018 First Quarter Document

Adjusted amounts

2017 First Quarter Document

2018 First Quarter Document

Adjusted amounts

2017 First Quarter Document

2018 First Quarter Document

Adjusted amounts

1,981,261

1,968,108

3,949,369

2,082,544

2,085,071

2,527

2,164,747

2,154,971

9,776

161,975

161,828

323,803

161,662

154,640

7,022

156,803

147,783

9,020

600,161

585,377

1,185,538

655,053

666,641

11,588

696,380

690,910

5,470

1,125,977

1,127,754

2,253,731

1,167,216

1,165,176

2,040

1,210,116

1,215,384

5,268

2,677,901

2,653,431

5,331,332

2,896,030

2,907,241

11,211

3,242,991

3,261,838

18,847

210,288

210,393

420,681

210,319

209,710

609

225,680

219,695

5,985

799,501

771,881

1,571,382

867,748

887,211

19,463

994,415

992,862

1,553

1,475,583

1,478,628

2,954,211

1,563,655

1,556,014

7,641

1,704,230

1,730,614

26,384

1,927,395

1,914,241

3,841,636

2,024,749

2,027,276

2,527

2,100,007

2,092,226

7,781

2,609,674

2,585,204

5,194,878

2,821,391

2,832,127

10,736

3,151,437

3,175,601

24,164

135

135

270

139

139

0

150

151

2

130

130

260

130

136

6

144

149

5

133

132

265

132

133

1

143

144

1

131

131

262

134

134

0

141

142

2

110

180

290

111

183

73

120

196

76

 

 

27,027,908

 

 

40,819

 

 

35,163