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GDP growth slows as inflation inflates consumption expenses

GDP growth slows as inflation inflates consumption expenses

Economic growth in Bangladesh slows as inflation inflates household and governmental consumption expenses and deflates the volumes of goods and services consumed, just-past fiscal year's available accounts show such domino effect of price rises. Provisional estimates prepared by Bangladesh Bureau

BBS begins GDP rebasing to reflect changing economy

BBS begins GDP rebasing to reflect changing economy

The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has begun the process of rebasing the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), a major statistical overhaul aimed at capturing the rapidly evolving economy by incorporating new sectors, updating  economic weights, and aligning national accounts wi

Govt's bank borrowing overshoots revised higher target in FY'26

Govt's bank borrowing overshoots revised higher target in FY'26

Government's bank-borrowing debt deepens as the borrowed aggregate sum ballooned over the revised higher target to Tk 1.32 trillion even before the just-past financial year's end. To meet budgetary shortfall, the government had initially set a bank-borrowing target of Tk 1.04 trillion for the fisc

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