Bangladesh has been facing persistent high inflation over the last one year
In the face of a soaring cost of living, many low and middle-income people in Bangladesh have either ditched branded products or switched to smaller packs, causing consumer goods producers and marketers to record a slowdown in sales in 2022.
In a time of elevated inflation, the government has started to borrow heavily from the Bangladesh Bank to meet the budget deficit, in a move that is set to push up the consumer price level further.
Do we have the political will to come out of it?
Our current economic situation is one in which countries usually look to the IMF for balance of payment support.
Bangladesh made gains in food production and ensured the availability of rice in recent years. But surging inflation, erratic weather, and the Russia-Ukraine war affected the availability of cereals and reduced low-income people’s access to food this year.
The taka has been devalued against the dollar in seven steps this year.
When global prices dropped, we did not see the energy prices go down in Bangladesh. Why is that?
Export earnings dropped 6.25 per cent year-on-year to $3.9 billion in September, the first fall in 14 months, as the cost-of-living crisis in the western countries took its toll on Bangladesh’s main foreign currency earning sector.
Bangladesh has been facing persistent high inflation over the last one year
In the face of a soaring cost of living, many low and middle-income people in Bangladesh have either ditched branded products or switched to smaller packs, causing consumer goods producers and marketers to record a slowdown in sales in 2022.
In a time of elevated inflation, the government has started to borrow heavily from the Bangladesh Bank to meet the budget deficit, in a move that is set to push up the consumer price level further.
Do we have the political will to come out of it?
Our current economic situation is one in which countries usually look to the IMF for balance of payment support.
Bangladesh made gains in food production and ensured the availability of rice in recent years. But surging inflation, erratic weather, and the Russia-Ukraine war affected the availability of cereals and reduced low-income people’s access to food this year.
The taka has been devalued against the dollar in seven steps this year.
When global prices dropped, we did not see the energy prices go down in Bangladesh. Why is that?
Export earnings dropped 6.25 per cent year-on-year to $3.9 billion in September, the first fall in 14 months, as the cost-of-living crisis in the western countries took its toll on Bangladesh’s main foreign currency earning sector.
Recessions don’t happen overnight, and people don’t stop spending from one day to the next.
