Bangladesh economic challenges
Trade deal with Japan will boost Bangladesh's post-LDC success
For the first time, there will be an Economic Partnership Agreement with a country with a major economy.
Will the economy be out of the woods in 2024?
Bangladesh’s economy has been passing through a challenging time for the past two years amidst growing pressure on foreign exchange reserves, the sharp depreciation of the taka and an elevated level of inflation
Time to set realistic dollar exchange rates
Central bank should read the market, revise rules accordingly to ensure stability
Don't muck up youth skills training
Madaripur case shows how haphazardly these programmes are being run
Can we be optimistic about Bangladesh?
Of course. Despite challenges around, we have many reasons to be optimistic about Bangladesh.
New monetary policy will be less effective against inflation
The lack of coherence between the fiscal and monetary policy stances will make the monetary policy less effective in controlling inflation.
Why the FY23-24 budget will not curb the rate of inflation
Unfortunately, the budget will do nothing to ease the hardship and the budgetary crunch felt by the common man.
The budget does not inspire confidence
The recent downgrade by Moody's of the credit ratings of Bangladesh’s economy and some private banks is not the only indicator that confidence is declining.
National Budget FY2023-24 / Three perils unaddressed in the new budget
It is not clear how the money needed to implement this ambitious budget will be sourced.
The nation expects brevity and sobriety in the budget
Understanding the nation’s expectations in designing the budget for FY2024 is essential
Tracing the origins of Bangladesh’s economic woes
Bangladesh’s economy is overwhelmingly dominated by informal sectors. The informalisation stems from deindustrialisation, which has set in prematurely in the country.
Why are we failing to curb inflation?
With Ramadan coming up, people’s woes will increase.
Can the new monetary policy solve our problems?
Behind the Bangladesh Bank's announcement of this year’s monetary policy was a certain pressure applied by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
With the right policies, we can be cautiously optimistic about 2023
Emerging markets and developing economies are expected to grow at the rate of 3.4 percent, maintaining the steady growth from 2022's expansion.
Is Bangladesh Bank finally ready to tackle the external deficit?
The reality is that using only the exchange rates without interest rate action will deepen the crisis.
What 2022 should have taught us
Far from being a year in which our economy recovered, 2022 proved to be a year where we discovered numerous cracks in it.
Non-performing loans triple in 10 years: CPD report
The total volume of non-performing loans (NPLs) has increased by more than three times in the last 10 years since 2012, according to a report of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) revealed today.
Financial sector reforms necessary to get rid of default loans
Even though the amount of our default loans is over Tk 130,000 crore, according to the government accounts, IMF suggests it is almost over Tk 300,000 crore.
Loan defaulters are putting the banking sector at risk
Despite economic progress over time, Bangladesh’s financial sector continues to be dominated by banks that stand on shaky ground.
