Ranil Wickremesinghe: Current account

Abstract

TRUE: "By the end of 2022, the current account deficit of the balance of payments was 1.9% of the GDP. We were able to achieve a surplus in the current account of the balance of payments by the end of 2023. This was the first time since 1977 that a surplus was achieved in the current account of the balance of payments”. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Parliament, 7 February 2024