Publications

SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-10

IHP's Consumer Confidence measures shows rising optimism driven by views about long-term prospects for country, with public remaining pessimistic about their own situation and near-term future

Author(s):Kumara N., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Senadeera A., Wijemunige N., Rannan-Eliya R P

Date: 18 Sep 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-09

IHP's Consumer Confidence measures show that all three of IHP's consumer confidence indices improved slightly in July following the resignation of President Rajapaksa on 14th July.

Author(s):Kumara N., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Senadeera A., Wijemunige N., Rannan-Eliya R P

Date: 17 Aug 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-08

IHP SLOTS survey has been tracking public opinion every day since August 2021, interviewing people across the country.

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P

Date: 16 Aug 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-07

IHP's Consumer Confidence measures declined throughout the month of June, falling to their lowest values since IHP started tracking them in September 2021, and in all cases very close to their lowest possible level.

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P., Selvaratnam A., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Senadeera A., Wijemunige N.

Date: 30 Jul 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-06

IHP's Index of Consumer Sentiment, Consumer Expectation and Current Conditions remain highly pessimistic, unchanged from April

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P., Selvaratnam A., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Senadeera A., Wijemunige N.

Date: 30 Jun 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-05

IHP's Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS), a measure of how the public views their personal economic situation and the wider national economy, fell a further three points in April to 5, closer to its floor of zero, and reaching its lowest level since I

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P., Selvaratnam A., Dananjana T., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Weerawardena N.

Date: 11 May 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-04

The IHP SLOTS poll has been tracking favourability of politicians and selected institutions since September 2021.

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P., Selvaratnam A., Dananjana T., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Weerawardena N.

Date: 27 Apr 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-01

Consumer confidence surveys-surveys of consumer’s perceptions of current family and economic conditions as well as their perceptions about future trends-provide a high-level perspective on changes in public wellbeing, and in many countries, as divers

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P., Selvaratnam A., Dananjana T., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Weerawardena N.

Date: 29 Mar 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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SLOTS Consumer Confidence Survey 2022-02

Despite declining COVID-19 cases and high levels of COVID vaccination, mounting economic disruption is driving consumer confidence and optimism to historic lows

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya R P., Selvaratnam A., Dananjana T., Wisidagama N., Kapuge Y., Weerawardena N.

Date: 29 Mar 2022                                           Type: Research Studies Series

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Increased Intensity Of PCR Testing Reduced COVID-19 Transmission Within Countries During The First Pandemic Wave

Increasing PCR testing reduced COVID-19 cases and deaths, and it was the most important predictor of how well countries contained the pandemic. The study also found that lockdowns did not slow the virus in most countries, and that masks and school cl

Author(s):Rannan-Eliya, R. P, Wijemunige. N, Gunawardena.N, Amarasinghe, S.N., Sivagnanam, I., et al

Date: 2 Dec 2021                                           Type: Journal articles

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