Arjuna Mahendran
![Arjuna Mahendran](/assets/img/authors/arjuna-mahendran.jpg)
Arjuna Mahendran
Lakshman Arjuna Mahendran is a Sri Lankan-Singaporean economist and banker. He is a former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, having been appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena in January 2015. He was the former Managing Director of HSBC Private Bank, Chief Investment Officer of Emirates NBD as well as Chairman and Director-General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka. In January 2015 he was appointed as Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.The Central Bank of...
facts process bigs
The fact that the talks are resuming is a big positive. But it's going to be a slow process.
focus growth chinese
Indian manufacturing is constrained in its growth by the fact that it just can't ship goods in and out fast enough to compete with Chinese delivery time. India needs to really focus on this aspect if it is going to grow at anything above 7 percent.
europe united-states ends
Unlike in the 1980s and 1990s, this time the Japanese are going to be more circumspect and invest in their end markets, which would include Europe and the United States.
winning oil government
State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets.
moving two three
China has to move to a more flexible foreign currency trading system, no question about that. You might see two or three moves to widen the band, say to 0.5 percent.