Bangladesh on The Right Track in Controlling Prices of Goods: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed the opinion that Bangladesh is on the right track in controlling the prices of goods and services.
The organization says Bangladesh Bank has no option to be contractionary to balance the flow of money at the moment.
This opinion was expressed by the IMF during the briefing on the regional economic outlook report in Tokyo, Japan on Friday (November 1) morning.
According to the agency, Asia is rapidly recovering from recession. The region is emerging from high inflation. So interest rates will decrease in many countries. However, there are concerns about exports.
"Inflation in Asia has been falling since the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates," the IMF says. However, the amount of debt in this region is constantly increasing.
Krishna Srinivasan, director of the Asia and Pacific region of the organization, said that many dangers have passed over the Asian economy. Many countries had to take loans to deal with this. If I calculate the total debt of the world, 28 to 35 percent of it is in Asia. Even the governments of China and Japan had to borrow heavily after the global recession. As a result, the growth rate in this region is low.
Then the IMF said about Bangladesh, the country's local economy has suffered multiple shocks. There are complications in product delivery. Some changes should be made in the financial policy to get out of here.
Thomas Helbling, Assistant Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Region, said that the politics of Bangladesh has passed through a turbulent period. Added to that is the shock of continuous floods. As a result, the supply of goods has been interrupted. Prices of goods and services in Bangladesh are higher since 2022. So, there is no alternative to contractionary monetary policy. Also, there is an imbalance in money transactions from abroad. Bangladesh can take budget support from any source if it wants.
According to the IMF forecast, GDP growth in Bangladesh this year will be 4.6 percent. Next year it will further decrease to 4.4 percent.
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