inflation in Bangladesh
No respite to consumers: Inflation edges up in March
Inflation edged up in March after marginally easing in the previous month, showing no signs of respite to consumers already hurt by the consistent erosion of buying capacity due to elevated prices.
Opinion / Taming Inflation: Let the orthodox monetary policy work
Uncontrolled inflationary pressure is one of the most problematic phenomena in the country.
Imperfect competition, subsidies and bailouts: Where is the policy balance
Competition law is not an end in itself and to use it, we need to have a good understanding of how markets work.
Inflation declines in February
The overall inflation in Bangladesh slid 19 basis points to 9.67 percent in February thanks to a fall in the prices of both food and non-food items, according to sources at the planning ministry.
Inflation falls in February
Inflation slides 19 basis points to 9.67℅
World Bank suggests unified exchange rate, further monetary tightening
The World Bank has recommended Bangladesh put in place a unified exchange rate and tighten monetary policy further in order to tame persistently high inflationary pressure and end the foreign exchange crisis.
ANALYSIS / Inflation edges up despite monetary tightening. Why?
Bangladesh's annual average inflation crept up to 9.59% last month, way above the central bank's revised target of 7.5% for the financial year ending in June
Inflation’s obduracy reflects the inadequacies of the policy response
The spike in inflation from 9.41 percent in December to 9.86 percent in January was driven entirely by the rise in non-food inflation.
Failed promises and futile policies
Commodity prices continue rising as government measures remain ineffective
Will coming months offer any relief from high inflation?
Food inflation at 12.56 percent in October this year is the highest in a decade
'Market management failure a key factor for higher inflation'
Says CPD’s Mustafizur Rahman
Delaying key measures may prove costly for economy
In the past 18 months, Bangladesh has largely failed to take appropriate measures to curb higher inflation and reverse the fall of foreign currency reserves, both at the heart of the country’s persisting economic plight.
High inflation to persist in Bangladesh: World Bank
WB Country Director Abdoulaye Seck says at AmCham meeting
Inflation falls slightly, but still as high as 9.63%
It was 9.92% in Aug
BB moves to stem slide in reserve
The Bangladesh Bank will not be making any drastic policy changes ahead of the national election scheduled for January, putting all its focus on tackling the depleting foreign exchange reserves and refraining from printing money to give loans to the government.
Govt’s bank borrowing in check
The government’s borrowing from the banking system has remained in check so far in the ongoing fiscal year thanks to lower expenditures and higher revenue collection.
BB plans raft of measures to fight economic crisis
The Bangladesh Bank is going to take a raft of policy measures to tackle inflationary pressure, volatility in the foreign exchange market and growing non-performing loans (NPLs) and give a much-needed boost to the forex reserve.
Will price controls work to tame inflation?
A persistently higher inflation for more than a year has hit the low-income, the poor and the fixed-income people in Bangladesh hard, significantly eroding their purchasing power.
Inflation to cool in later part of FY24
Although higher consumer prices have persisted in the first few months of the current fiscal year, inflation in Bangladesh is going to cool in the later part of 2023-24 thanks to one external and two domestic factors, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast yesterday.
