Understanding Bangladesh's Recent Interest Rate Hikes: Impact on Borrowing Costs and Treasury Yields
26 Sep, 2024

Today, central bank increased policy interest rate (repo rate) by 50 bps. Since taking charge of BB, Mr Ahsan Mansur has made two quick rate hikes amounting to 100bps cumulatively.

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Banking Sector Consolidation in Bangladesh: Navigating Challenges and Future Prospects
03 Sep, 2024

Bangladesh has around 61 licensed commercial banks. That makes our banking sector one of the most fragmented in the world.

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Reassessing State-Owned Enterprises in Bangladesh: Cash Management and Investment Practices
02 Sep, 2024

As a follow-up to this earlier post on government borrowing I now have some thoughts about State Owned Enterprises. State-owned enterprises can be largely classified into 3 types.

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Addressing Worker Unrest in Bangladesh: Balancing Wage Adjustments and Security Measures
01 Sep, 2024

I spoke to an experienced finance professional working in the Pharmaceuticals industry to understand the worker unrest we are hearing about in multiple sectors (see news link below for an example).

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Strategies for Reducing Government Funding Costs: Insights for the Finance Ministry
25 Aug, 2024

A key role of the Finance Ministry is to fund the budget deficit. Within that role not only do they have to secure the funds, but they also must put equal emphasis on ensuring the funding cost is low.

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