Bangladesh Bank has been maintaining a contractionary monetary policy stance for nearly two years to bring down inflation

Sluggish investment demand stalls private credit growth in Bangladesh

"This downtrend will lead to severe consequences if it is not reversed"

Private sector credit growth decelerated to its slowest pace in at least 11 years due to uncertainty in the investment environment following the recent political changeover.

While the government is distracted by elections, the financial economy will suffer