Banking sector reform can no longer be delayed
To better understand corporate default risks, generate more data and produce greater information
8m ago
The free fall of Silicon Valley Bank
What happened to the 40-year-old bank that was so highly regarded among all stakeholders in America’s tech sector?
1y ago
How can Bangladesh avoid a middle-income trap?
Regulators must be willing to adopt a vision for Bangladesh that is more technology and productivity based.
1y ago
The stock market-real economy ‘disconnect’
The biggest factor behind the disconnect is that the largest companies with stable profitability refuse to come to the market.
1y ago
Could covenants save our banks from defaulted loans?
As of September 2022, NPLs have soared over Tk 134,000 crores.
1y ago
Creating a modern and diverse capital market in Bangladesh
In most market economies around the world, companies can typically choose between many financial assets to raise money for growth and capital expenditure.
3y ago
Choking global stock markets: The Coronavirus effect
Investors had begun 2020 in an optimistic frame of mind. After all, last year was one of the best for global stocks since the financial crisis.
4y ago
The need to transform the capital market
In most market economies around the world, investors can typically choose between many financial assets to put their money in. The demand for different financial products arises from an elemental property of risky assets: uncertainty in payoffs.
5y ago
January 9, 2017
Monetary policy brandishing double-edged swords
Detractors can fret about instability and balance of payment difficulties, but make no mistake, such risks will remain contained if capital controls are relaxed gradually (following a medium-term plan) and political conditions remain, by and large, stable. In fact, some of the foundations that merit a more liberal foreign exchange regime are already in place.
December 17, 2016
Will remittances remain low for long?
If studies by Columbia University's Jagdish Bhagwatiand and IMF's Pierre-Richard Agenorare are to be believed, restrictions on foreign trade and capital flows gave birth to generations of these illegal markets across the world.
December 8, 2016
Can Trump stifle our growth momentum?
If you thought Brexit was a fluke, then think again. The new game in town, populism, paved the way for Donald Trump to capitalise on economic and social frustrations of the forgotten blue-collar American....
December 4, 2016
Did Trump make America's stock market great again?
Stock markets really are strange beasts. Those of us observing global financial markets expected stock investors to run for cover and scurry off towards safe havens like the Swiss Frank, Japanese Yen, US treasuries and gold following Donald Trump's shocking ascension to US presidency.
December 1, 2016
Modi's surgical strike on black money
Cash is king in India, or at least it was. In one single sweep Narendra Modi just scrapped two high-value bank notes in the Indian economy in an all-out war to flush out black money, fight tax evasion and eradicate counterfeit notes that were being used by terrorists.
June 29, 2016
Dollar-peg is a double-edged sword
Global foreign exchange markets just took a hammering from Britain's shocking exit from the EU. In our own neck of the woods, the
April 25, 2016
Reforms for higher investment cannot be delayed
It should not be surprising that private sector investment's share in GDP is shrinking. Banks are drowning in excess cash to the point where call money rate collapsed to historic lows.
April 4, 2016
Is negative interest rate a recipe for disaster?
Imagine paying interest to save money. A bizarre idea that was once theoretical curiosity is now a stark reality in several economies of the developed world...
March 10, 2016
Does Bangladesh deserve a higher sovereign rating?
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2014-15, global sovereign rating agencies Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch assigned Bangladesh a 'stable' sovereign credit outlook.
February 10, 2016
Three's a crowd: What can China do?
If monetary policy autonomy is a priority, capital account liberalisation should come after a country’s transition to a flexible exchange rate – not before it.
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