Bangladesh Bank to announce new monetary policy today

Bangladesh Bank will announce a new monetary policy (Monetary Policy Statement - MPS) for the first half of the 2025-26 fiscal year today, Thursday (July 31). Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur will officially announce the policy at the central bank's head office in Motijheel, the capital, at 3 pm.

A press release signed by Bangladesh Bank Executive Director and Spokesperson Arif Hossain Khan said that high-level officials of the central bank will be present at the event. Among them will be the head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the chief economist of Bangladesh Bank and other executives.

In today's announcement, the governor will give a detailed explanation about the current monetary policy under which inflation is controlled, credit flow to the private sector and its impact on economic growth.

Bangladesh Bank has been following a contractionary monetary policy for a long time, which aims to control high inflation. Still, challenges remain. At the end of June this year, credit growth in the private sector has slowed to just 6.4 percent, the lowest in the last 22 years. However, the central bank's target for this period was 9.8 percent.

In this context, it is expected that policymakers will focus on continuing the current trend of credit flow.

According to economic analysts, this time's monetary policy may clarify the strategy to control inflation and bring balance to investment flows.

Special attention will be paid to: changes in interest rate policy to control inflation, Bangladesh Bank's approach to exchange rate management, possible initiatives to increase credit flow to the private sector, foreign exchange reserve management

The impact of the new monetary policy on the financial sector, industrial sector and general consumers will be clear only after today's announcement.