inflationary pressures in Bangladesh

IMF for keeping policy rate at 10% to contain inflation

Bangladesh should maintain its policy rate at 10 percent until the middle of fiscal year 2025-26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, citing the inflationary pressures of a weaker currency and the heightened sensitivity of inflation expectations to exchange rate depreciation.

July 22, 2025
July 22, 2025

IMF for keeping policy rate at 10% to contain inflation

Bangladesh should maintain its policy rate at 10 percent until the middle of fiscal year 2025-26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said, citing the inflationary pressures of a weaker currency and the heightened sensitivity of inflation expectations to exchange rate depreciation.