{
 "code": "LK.IND.BSI.PROFITABILITY_QOQ_EXPECT.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): respondents' expectation",
 "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_EXPECT.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-Q3", "value": -105, "status": null},
  {"period": "2014-Q4", "value": -133, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q1", "value": -134, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q2", "value": -101, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q3", "value": -119, "status": null},
  {"period": "2015-Q4", "value": -117, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q1", "value": -100, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q2", "value": -97, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q3", "value": -96, "status": null},
  {"period": "2016-Q4", "value": -114, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q1", "value": -92, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q2", "value": -98, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q3", "value": -104, "status": null},
  {"period": "2017-Q4", "value": -109, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q1", "value": -108, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q2", "value": -105, "status": null},
  {"period": "2018-Q3", "value": -106, "status": null}
 ]
}