The toughest quarter to collect data was the second quarter as we had the lockdown. Meanwhile, addressing the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2020 held last week, Central Bank Governor Prof. W.D. In mid-October, issuing a press statement, the DCS said that second quarter GDP data will be released on 15 December, along with GDP data of the third quarter of 2020. However, citing pandemic challenges, even the first quarter GDP estimates were delayed significantly as they were issued only hours before the general election in August. “With the statistical business registry, it is easy to capture GDP data.

Source: The Nation December 06, 2020 04:52 UTC