Sri Lanka Growth Slows on Cyclone; Outlook Clouded by Conflict
Workers transport goods on carts in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe/BloombergSri Lanka’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter due to the impact of Cyclone Ditwah, while the near-term outlook remains clouded by the Iran war.
Gross domestic product grew 4.8% in the three months to December from a year earlier, the Department of Census and Statistics said Tuesday, compared with 5.3% in the July-September period.