International Monetary Fund
‘Even IMF won’t help if reserve falls below $10 billion’
CPD Chairman Prof Rehman Sobhan says
A conservative budget for next fiscal year
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for a conservative budget for the next fiscal year, discounting the impact of the forthcoming national elections on the pre-budget exercise.
IMF suggests uniform exchange rate of dollar in Bangladesh
A team of staff of the IMF is now visiting Bangladesh
FY24 Budget: Businesses call for gradual retraction of tax exemption
Businesses yesterday urged the government not to withdraw the tax exemption facility from all sectors in one go in the upcoming budget as it would be too big a knock for them to steer.
FY24 Budget: Focus on inflation, macro stability
Economists yesterday stressed on addressing the persistently high inflation, macroeconomic stability and low revenue base in the pre-budget session for the upcoming fiscal year with the finance minister.
Markets have good reasons to be more upbeat on economy: IMF chief
Kristalina Georgieva describes IMF's outlook for 2023 as "less bad, not good"
Bangladesh approached IMF at the right time
Bangladesh has averted a potential major crisis by reaching out to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a timely manner, said Kaushik Basu, a former chief economist of the World Bank.
No chance of debt distress
Bangladesh has a low risk of external and overall debt distress despite higher external borrowing in recent terms, said the International Monetary Fund.
BREAKING / IMF releases $476.27 million as first loan instalment for Bangladesh
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disbursed $476.27 million to Bangladesh as the first instalments of $4.7 billion loan it approved early this week.
IMF calls for tariff rationalisation
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised the government to rationalise the existing tariff structure by reducing various types of para and non-tariff barriers to improve competitiveness of domestic industries.
Dollar crisis to go by next June
Bangladesh Bank is anticipating the pressure on the balance of payments will blow over by the end of this fiscal year thanks to hearty assistance from development partners –-- an outlook termed wishful by economists.
Analysis: Poor nations face peril over elusive G-20 debt relief push
A failure to secure meaningful progress on a debt relief for the world's poorest nations at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meeting in Washington has left policymakers, campaigners and investors frustrated.
FY23 growth for Bangladesh: IMF lowers forecast to 6pc
The International Monetary Fund has cut Bangladesh’s growth forecast to 6 percent for fiscal year 2022-2023.
Govt to ask IMF for 4.5b loan assistance
A Bangladesh delegation will discuss a $4.5 billion loan with International Monetary Fund officials in Washington next week.
IMF cuts Bangladesh's GDP growth forecasts to 6.4%
The International Monetary Fund has revised down its economic growth projection for Bangladesh to 6.4 percent for the current fiscal year largely because of Russia-Ukraine war and supply chain disruptions.
Shunned by investors, poorer nations seek to climate-proof growth
As droughts and floods cut crop harvests and storms tear up buildings and power lines, countries vulnerable to climate change - from Bangladesh to Kenya and Guatemala - have proposed new ways to access cheaper financing to tackle the risks.
Airing the IMF's dirty laundry
Following the International Monetary Fund's controversial actions in the Asian financial crisis of 1998, when it conditioned liquidity assistance to...
IMF warns the US over high poverty, inequality
The International Monetary Fund warns the United States over poverty and rising inequality in the country, saying both could hold back its economic potential.
IMF says world at risk of 'economic derailment'
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that the global economy faces a growing "risk of economic derailment."
