July 11, 2023
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3min
      A Roundtable Discussion on Monetary Policy and its Implication was jointly organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Economic Reporters’ Forum (ERF) on 9 July 2023 Sunday at ICAB Council Hall, CA Bhaban in Dhaka. Dr. Atiur Rahman, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank was present as the Chief Guest. Mr. Md. Humayun Kabir […]

April 18, 2022
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9min
Monetary Policy Review: No. 03 – April 2022 The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 08 April 2022, decided to increase the  Standing  Deposit  Facility  Rate  (SDFR)  and the  Standing  Lending  Facility  Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank by 700 basis points to 13.50 percent and 14.50 […]

November 8, 2017
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9min
Monetary Policy Decision: Policy interest rates remain unchanged: Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) : 7.25% Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) : 8.75% Statutory Reserve Ratio (SRR): 7.50% World economic growth is estimated at 3.6% in 2017 and is expected to rise to 3.7% in 2018. Global economic activity is expected to strengthen, driven by improvements in global trade […]


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