Bangladesh Macro Observer

MONTHLY DATA · JAN 2012 — MAR 2026 · 13 CHARTS · 11 DRIVERS · CURRENT STATE LENS
The Read · Composite Macro Temperature
SCORE / 100
← COOLER HOTTER →
020406080100
Price Pressure
Monetary Stance
Credit Pulse
External Balance

Latest Readings

As of the most recent observation · Change vs prior month and prior year
Improving Deteriorating

Macro Drivers · Where We Are vs Where We've Been

Reading the most recent print against the secular trend (full-sample mean since 2012) and the cyclical position (gap vs trailing 12-month average).

Credit & Money

Domestic Credit · Composition

BDT bn · STACKED · PUBLIC + PRIVATE = TOTAL
NOTE

Credit Growth · Public, Private, Total

% YoY · FROM JAN 2013
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Money Growth · Narrow (M1) & Broad (M2)

% YoY · M1 STARTS WHEN AVAILABLE
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Prices & Policy

CPI Inflation · Point-to-Point

% YoY · MONTHLY · BBS
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Inflation · 12-Month Average

FOOD vs NON-FOOD · STACKED VIEW
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Repo & 364-Day T-Bill

% · BB POLICY · SOVEREIGN
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Sovereign Yield Curve · 1Y to 20Y

CURRENT MONTH HIGHLIGHTED · PRIOR MONTHS FADED · BB AUCTIONS
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Real Policy Rate

REPO − P2P INFLATION · DIVERGING BARS
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External Sector

Foreign Exchange Inflows vs. Outflows

EXPORTS + REMITTANCE STACKED ABOVE · IMPORTS BELOW · USD mn · MONTHLY
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FX Reserves

USD bn · GRADIENT AREA
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Import Cover · Adequacy Gauge

MONTHS · <3 STRESSED · 3-6 OK · >6 STRONG
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BDT / USD · Stepped Regimes

DEVALUATION SHIFTS HIGHLIGHTED
NOTE

Capital Market

DSEX · Dhaka Stock Exchange

MONTHLY MoM RETURN BARS · GREEN UP · RED DOWN
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Events