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Monetary Policy Jul-Dec 2024 / Exchange rate mid-rate to remain unchanged at 117 per USD

The crawling peg and the mid-rate were introduced on May 8 this year

Monetary Policy Jul-Dec 2024 / Bangladesh Bank keeps policy rates unchanged

Kept repo rate at 8.5%, SDF rate at 7% and SLF rate at 10%

Bangladesh Bank set to unveil monetary policy

The central bank is expected to maintain a tight monetary stance for July-December

BB to adopt crawling peg to curb exchange rate volatility

The peg system would be linked to a carefully selected basket of currencies and operate within a predefined exchange rate corridor

Private sector credit growth target lowered to 10% from 11%

Bangladesh Bank also raised the benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points to 8 percent

Bangladesh Bank unveils monetary policy to tame inflation

The BB maintained a contractionary policy stance in the July-December of 2023-24

Is monetary policy helping contain inflation?

The Federal Reserve of the US and the European Central Bank kept hiking policy rates in their fight against record inflation throughout last year and this year whereas the central bank of Bangladesh chose not to use the full force of the monetary policy.

Monetary policy has been set free... but not really

While the government’s latest monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2023-24 shows an attempt to be rational for the market, it lacks vigour to solve inflation and the dollar crisis.

July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024

Private sector credit growth target lowered to 9.8%

The target for January-June was 10%

July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024

Exchange rate mid-rate to remain unchanged at 117 per USD

The crawling peg and the mid-rate were introduced on May 8 this year

July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024

Bangladesh Bank keeps policy rates unchanged

Kept repo rate at 8.5%, SDF rate at 7% and SLF rate at 10%

July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024

Bangladesh Bank set to unveil monetary policy

The central bank is expected to maintain a tight monetary stance for July-December

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

BB to adopt crawling peg to curb exchange rate volatility

The peg system would be linked to a carefully selected basket of currencies and operate within a predefined exchange rate corridor

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

Private sector credit growth target lowered to 10% from 11%

Bangladesh Bank also raised the benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points to 8 percent

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

Bangladesh Bank unveils monetary policy to tame inflation

The BB maintained a contractionary policy stance in the July-December of 2023-24

September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023

Is monetary policy helping contain inflation?

The Federal Reserve of the US and the European Central Bank kept hiking policy rates in their fight against record inflation throughout last year and this year whereas the central bank of Bangladesh chose not to use the full force of the monetary policy.

June 21, 2023
June 21, 2023

Monetary policy has been set free... but not really

While the government’s latest monetary policy for the first half of fiscal year 2023-24 shows an attempt to be rational for the market, it lacks vigour to solve inflation and the dollar crisis.

June 20, 2023
June 20, 2023

Inflationary pains for common people to persist

Like in the outgoing financial year, the common people in Bangladesh will continue to suffer from higher consumer prices in 2023-24 as the factors behind the elevated level of inflation are unlikely to change dramatically.

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