Bangladesh Development Update, April 2013

Weak exports and investments resulting from the impact of the euro-area crisis, domestic supply constraints, and intensified strikes and unrests underpin the growth slowdown. Strong remittances and robust service sector performance are expected to help maintain growth at a still healthy level. Increasingly fragile political stability does not bode well for revival of investment needed to accelerate growth. A broad-based declining inflation trend appears to be gaining ground. Average (twelve-monthly-moving) inflation has declined steadily over the past ten months, from a peak of nearly 11 percent in February 2012 to 8 percent in March 2013, reflecting declines in both food and non-food inflation. Favorable international commodity prices, a stable exchange rate and monetary tightening contributed to lowering inflation.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013-04
Subjects:ACCOUNTING, ARREARS, ASSET PRICE, ASSET QUALITY, AUCTION, AUCTIONS, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BALANCE SHEETS, BANK ACCOUNTS, BANK FINANCING, BANK LIQUIDITY, BANKING SECTOR, BASIS POINTS, BINDING CONSTRAINTS, BOND, BONDED WAREHOUSES, BOURSES, BROAD MONEY, BUDGET DEFICIT, BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, CAPITAL ADEQUACY, CAPITAL MARKET, CAPITAL MARKETS, CASH RESERVE, CELLULAR PHONES, CENTRAL BANK, CENTRAL BANK BILLS, CENTRAL BANK INDEPENDENCE, CHILD LABOR, CLEAN WATER, COMMERCIAL BANKS, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMODITY PRICE, COMMODITY PRICES, COMPLIANCE COST, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CONSUMER DURABLES, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, CREDIBILITY, CREDIT FACILITY, CREDIT GROWTH, CREDIT RATING, CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS, DEBT LEVELS, DEBT MANAGEMENT, DEBT SERVICE, DEBTOR, DEFICIT FINANCING, DEFICITS, DEMOGRAPHIC, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, DEPOSIT, DEPOSITS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISBURSEMENT, DISBURSEMENTS, DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, DIVIDEND, DOMESTIC BANK, DOMESTIC BORROWING, DOMESTIC CREDIT, DOMESTIC CREDIT GROWTH, DOMESTIC DEBT, DOMESTIC MARKET, DOMESTIC MARKETS, DOMESTIC PRICES, ECONOMIC CRISES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, EMERGING MARKET, EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES, EXCESS SUPPLY, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXPENDITURE, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT SHARE, EXPORTER, EXPORTERS, EXTERNAL DEBT, EXTERNAL FINANCE, EXTERNAL FINANCING, FERTILITY RATE, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MARKET, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL SYSTEM, FISCAL CONSOLIDATION, FISCAL DEFICIT, FISCAL POLICIES, FISCAL POLICY, FOOD PRICE, FOREIGN ASSETS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTMENTS, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GOVERNMENT SECURITIES, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, IMMUNIZATION, INCOME INEQUALITY, INCOME LEVELS, INCOME TAX, INCOME TAX REFORMS, INCOMES, INFLATION, INFLATION RATE, INFLATION TARGET, INFLATION TARGETING, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, INTEREST PAYMENTS, INTEREST RATES, INTERNAL CONTROLS, INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INVENTORY, INVESTING, INVESTMENT CLIMATE, INVESTMENT RATE, INVESTMENT REGIME, INVESTMENT SPENDING, JOB CREATION, JOINT STOCK COMPANIES, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LETTERS OF CREDITS, LEVEL OF INFLATION, LIEN, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIQUIDITY, LIQUIDITY CRISIS, LIQUIDITY CRUNCH, LOAN, LOAN APPROVALS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MARKET CAPITALIZATION, MARKET DIVERSIFICATION, MARKET ENVIRONMENT, MARKET PRICE, MARKET RISKS, MICRO CREDIT, MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY, MIGRANT LABOR, MINIMUM CAPITAL REQUIREMENT, MONETARY FUND, MONETARY POLICY, MONEY GROWTH, MONEY MARKET, MONEY MARKET RATES, MONEY MARKETS, MUTUAL FUNDS, NON-PERFORMING LOANS, NPL, OIL PRICES, OUTPUT, OUTSOURCING, OUTSTANDING LOANS, PENSION, POLITICAL STABILITY, POLITICAL UNCERTAINTIES, POLITICAL UNREST, PORTFOLIO, PRIMARY DEALER, PRIVATE CREDIT, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE INVESTMENTS, PRIVATE INVESTORS, PRIVATE SECTOR CREDIT, PROTECTION OF INVESTORS, PUBLIC DEBT, PUBLIC FINANCES, PUSH FACTORS, REAL ESTATE, REFORM PROGRAM, REMITTANCE, REMITTANCES, REPO, REPO RATE, REPO RATES, RESERVE, RESERVE REQUIREMENT, RESERVES, RETURN, RETURNS, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SAVINGS, SECONDARY MARKET, SECONDARY MARKET TRADING, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOLVENCY, STOCK EXCHANGE, STOCK MARKET, STOCK MARKET MOVEMENTS, SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS, SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, TAX, TAX COLLECTION, TAX COLLECTIONS, TAX EXEMPTIONS, TAX REGIME, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOTAL DEBT, TRACK RECORD, TRADE FINANCE, TRADING PLATFORM, TRANCHE, TRANSPARENCY, TREASURY, TREASURY YIELDS, TRUST FUNDS, TURNOVER, VOLATILITY, WEALTH EFFECTS, WITHDRAWAL,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/04/17584760/bangladesh-development-update
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16497
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