{
 "code": "LK.IND.BSI.PROFITABILITY_YOY_EXPECT.Q",
 "name": "Profitability, year-on-year (from 2018-Q3, replacing the quarter-on-quarter question - see PROFITABILITY_QOQ): 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_YOY_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": "2018-Q4", "value": -97.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q1", "value": -110.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q2", "value": -103.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q3", "value": -92.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2019-Q4", "value": -101.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q1", "value": -115.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q2", "value": -17.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q3", "value": -76.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2020-Q4", "value": -68.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q1", "value": -98.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q2", "value": -143.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q3", "value": -130.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2021-Q4", "value": -134.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q1", "value": -125.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q2", "value": -76.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q3", "value": -78.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2022-Q4", "value": -82.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q1", "value": -76.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q2", "value": -98.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q3", "value": -108.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2023-Q4", "value": -105.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024-Q1", "value": -100.9, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024-Q2", "value": -120.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024-Q3", "value": -129.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2024-Q4", "value": -123.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025-Q1", "value": -136.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025-Q2", "value": -128.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025-Q3", "value": -152.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2025-Q4", "value": -133.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2026-Q1", "value": -128.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2026-Q2", "value": -122.0, "status": null},
  {"period": "2026-Q3", "value": -133.0, "status": null}
 ]
}