Foreign exchange reserves in Bangladesh

Reserves can hit $24.3b this fiscal year

Bangladesh’s gross foreign reserves can top up to $24.3 billion by the end of the fiscal year if greater exchange rate flexibility is allowed and a tighter monetary policy is pursued, the IMF said.

BB goes shopping to private banks for dollar

Bangladesh Bank is hunting for dollars to rebuild its depleting foreign exchange reserves ahead of the January 7 national election.

Reserves fall to $19.5 billion after ACU payment

$1.17 billion of ACU payment was cleared today

Forex reserve slips below $21 billion 

The reserves stood at $20.96 billion on October 18

Forex reserve falls by nearly $1.5b in 8 days

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve fell by almost $1.47 billion in a span of eight days

Forex reserve slips below $22b

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves slipped below $22 billion yesterday after the central bank cleared import bills amounting to $1.36 billion through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) and sold US dollars to banks.

Forex reserves fall below $31 billion

It hit $30.92b on April 30, down from $44.01b on same day a year ago

What the IMF said, our economists have said before

What Bangladeshi economists have been saying for a long time is pretty much what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told our central bank and the government.

Two major economic woes Bangladesh needs to address right now

High inflation and low export and remittance earnings are a major cause for concern at the moment.

December 14, 2023
December 14, 2023

Reserves can hit $24.3b this fiscal year

Bangladesh’s gross foreign reserves can top up to $24.3 billion by the end of the fiscal year if greater exchange rate flexibility is allowed and a tighter monetary policy is pursued, the IMF said.

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

BB goes shopping to private banks for dollar

Bangladesh Bank is hunting for dollars to rebuild its depleting foreign exchange reserves ahead of the January 7 national election.

November 8, 2023
November 8, 2023

Reserves fall to $19.5 billion after ACU payment

$1.17 billion of ACU payment was cleared today

October 19, 2023
October 19, 2023

Forex reserve slips below $21 billion 

The reserves stood at $20.96 billion on October 18

September 15, 2023
September 15, 2023

Forex reserve falls by nearly $1.5b in 8 days

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve fell by almost $1.47 billion in a span of eight days

September 11, 2023
September 11, 2023

Forex reserve slips below $22b

Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves slipped below $22 billion yesterday after the central bank cleared import bills amounting to $1.36 billion through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) and sold US dollars to banks.

May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023

Forex reserves fall below $31 billion

It hit $30.92b on April 30, down from $44.01b on same day a year ago

November 3, 2022
November 3, 2022

What the IMF said, our economists have said before

What Bangladeshi economists have been saying for a long time is pretty much what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has told our central bank and the government.

October 10, 2022
October 10, 2022

Two major economic woes Bangladesh needs to address right now

High inflation and low export and remittance earnings are a major cause for concern at the moment.

September 9, 2022
September 9, 2022

Forex reserve falls to USD 37.06 billion

Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserves have declined to USD 37.06 billion after the central bank had cleared import bills to the Asian Clearing Union, an arrangement to settle payments for intra-regional transactions among member countries including Bangladesh.