{
 "code": "LK.IND.BSI.PROFITABILITY_QOQ.Q",
 "name": "Profitability, quarter-on-quarter (the survey question this answers was replaced by a year-on-year one after 2018-Q2 - see PROFITABILITY_YOY, which starts 2018-Q3)",
 "unit": "Index",
 "frequency": "Quarterly",
 "base_year": null,
 "producer": "Central Bank of Sri Lanka",
 "publisher": "Central Bank of Sri Lanka",
 "source_url": "https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/business-surveys",
 "latest_vintage": "2026-09-11",
 "page": "/data/series/LK.IND.BSI.PROFITABILITY_QOQ.Q/",
 "notice": "Compiled by Macro Lab; not an official publication of the source agency. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. Not investment advice.",
 "observations": [
  {"period": "2014-Q2", "value": 85, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014-Q3", "value": 120, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014-Q4", "value": 117, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q1", "value": 97, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q2", "value": 97, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q3", "value": 106, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q4", "value": 112, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q1", "value": 79, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q2", "value": 68, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q3", "value": 107, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q4", "value": 93, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q1", "value": 81, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q2", "value": 74, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q3", "value": 79, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q4", "value": 92, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q1", "value": 89, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q2", "value": 72, "status": null}
 ]
}