CENTRAL BANK: FIXING THE FIGURES?

CENTRAL BANK: FIXING THE FIGURES?

26 Jun, 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

By: Aston Peters

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