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The government has identified persistent inflation as the country's most pressing economic challenge, pledging a combination of fiscal and monetary measures to bring price pressures under control and ease the burden on households in the next fiscal year (FY 2026-27).
The national budget has identified high inflationary pressure as the "most urgent economic challenge", with 12-month average inflation climbing to 8.63 per cent during the period from June 2025 to May 2026.
Amid sustained price pressures, the government aims to reduce average inflation to 7.5 per cent in fiscal year (FY) 2026-27 through a range of budgetary and monetary measures.
"Curbing high inflation remains our most urgent macroeconomic challenge," Finance and Planning Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said in his budget speech.
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