A Bangladesh Bank policy panel has concluded that keeping monetary policy this tight is starting to do more harm to Bangladesh’s economic recovery than good for controlling prices, a shift in thinking that led the central bank to cut its policy rate for the first time in six years recently.

Monetary policy affects inflation through several channels

Bangladesh Bank’s Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for July-December 2026 arrives at a difficult moment for the economy

The government and BB have also rolled out reform measures to stabilise the economy

It has been kept unchanged at 10 percent since October 2024

July-Dec MPS set to be unveiled today

Bangladesh Bank (BB) will intervene in the foreign exchange market to curb volatility in the exchange rate and rebuild the country's foreign exchange reserves.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lowered the target for private sector credit growth in its latest monetary policy, citing a lack of appetite arising from political uncertainties.

Bangladesh Bank has held its key policy repo rate steady at 10 percent for the first half of the current fiscal year, reaffirming its commitment to a tight monetary stance aimed at curbing persistent inflation, weak private investment, and growing uncertainty over global trade.

The central bank should adopt a more supportive stance, the chamber says

The banking regulator unveils monetary policy statement for July-December 2025

BB said the 10 percent policy rate would remain in place for the July-December period

A high-powered panel of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) decided to maintain the policy rate at 10 percent until the inflation comes down to a desired level and also spoke about moving away from the crawling peg and letting market forces determine the US dollar exchange rate.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Ahsan H Mansur said tightening monetary policy is the only globally practised remedy to heal inflationary pain, as businessmen opposed interest rate hikes for obstructing business expansion and job creation. 

Inflationary pressure is being felt severely in the face of wage growth declines.

The target for January-June was 10%

The crawling peg and the mid-rate were introduced on May 8 this year

Kept repo rate at 8.5%, SDF rate at 7% and SLF rate at 10%

The central bank is expected to maintain a tight monetary stance for July-December

The peg system would be linked to a carefully selected basket of currencies and operate within a predefined exchange rate corridor