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The objective of this report is to
update the Government of Bangladesh, think tanks and
researchers, the general public as well as the Bank’s senior
management on the state of the economy, outlook, risks,
progress on structural policy reforms, and key challenges
the economy is currently facing. The coverage includes
developments in the real sector focusing on growth,
inflation, and poverty; external sector developments
focusing on the balance of payments, foreign exchange
reserves, and the exchange rate; fiscal developments
focusing on revenue mobilization, public expenditures, and
deficit financing; financial sector developments focusing on
credit and interest rates; and monetary developments
focusing on reserve money and broad money growth trends. The
update also covers an assessment of Bangladesh’s prospect of
graduating out of the least developed country (LDC) status
and eligibility for concessional financing from the World
Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
