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Daily Business News Flash December 19, 2022

Next budget size likely Tk 7.5t

With sights set on the upcoming general election, the government may target a larger annual budget for the next fiscal year as a coordination council on fiscal and monetary matters, and currency exchange sits Tuesday. Officials said the meeting might set a preliminary size of the budget for fiscal year 2023-24 at around Tk 7.5 trillion, up from Tk 6.78-trillion outlay of the present budget. Also, the committee, headed by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is likely to set gross domestic product (GDP) growth target at 7.0 per cent, little lower than the current fiscal year’s target. Sources say the government wants to keep the rate of inflation around 7.5 per cent in the next fiscal year as people involved with budget preparation think that the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine will end shortly. Consumer prices will come down gradually in the international and domestic markets when the war ends, thus the rate of inflation will also go down, they hope, in reflection of government’s view about a gradual reflation in the economy. Since July this year, the rate of inflation remained very high, between 7.48 per cent and 9.52 per cent, pushing the fixed-income group of people to the streets to buy essential commodities sold at subsidised rates. A senior finance ministry official says, “The next budget is government’s election-year budget, so various issues will be taken into consideration in its preparation level.” Budget officials will put forward a number of facts and figures for consideration before the committee, which mainly be chosen by the finance minister, he adds.

Source: https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/next-budget-size-likely-tk-75t-1671417496

BB relaxes loan repayment policy again

The Bangladesh Bank yesterday relaxed its already flexible loan repayment policy, saying the real income of borrowers has fallen due to the severe impacts of the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war. Now, borrowers will be allowed to avoid being classified as a defaulter if they clear 50 per cent of their instalments payable in the final quarter of 2022 instead of 75 per cent previously, according to a notice of the central bank. Insiders expressed their worries that the relaxed policy would deepen the liquidity stress in the banking sector as lenders will not get back the expected amount of funds from borrowers. Banks in Bangladesh are already struggling to mobilise deposits owing to the negative returns on savings for the higher inflation and erosion of confidence among savers after loan-related scams recently left them upset. The relaxed policy will be applicable for borrowers who took term loans, whose repayment tenure is more than one year, said the notice. The central bank says the cost of industrial production has surged in recent times due to the war since the conflict has driven up the commodity prices in the global market.

Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/bb-relaxes-loan-repayment-policy-again-3199591

Banks’ lending to industries slows

The growth in advances in the form of term loans for industries have slowed down as businesses took a slow approach amidst the ongoing economic uncertainty while banks became conservative owing to a reduction in excess liquidity. As of September of this year, banks’ advances to industries in the form of term loans stood at Tk 261,654 crore, which was 8 per cent higher year-on-year. Yet, this was the lowest growth in the last five years, according to Quarterly Scheduled Banks Statistics released by Bangladesh Bank last week. The amount of term loan for industries, however, declined 0.37 per cent in the July-September period from Tk 262,618 crore at the end of April-June quarter this year.

 Source: https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/banks-lending-industries-slows-3199581

Local and Global Stock Indices *

Index NameClose ValueValue ChangePercentage Change
DJIA$ 32,920.46
↓ 281.76 ↓ 0.85%
FTSE100$ 7,332.12↓ 94.05↓ 1.27%
Nikkei 225$ 27,227.00 ↓ 300.12↓ 1.09%

World Commodities *

CommodityClose ValueValue ChangePercentage Change
Crude Oil (WTI)$ 74.99 ↑ 0.70 ↑ 0.94%
Crude Oil (Brent)$ 79.77 ↑ 0.73 ↑ 0.92%
Gold Spot$ 1,792.19 ↓ 0.89↓ 0.05%

Major Currencies Exchange Rates Movement in Last Seven Days *

Exchange Rates
CurrencyLowestHighest
USD 1BDT 103.4100
BDT 103.4100

*World Commodities & Local and Global Stock Indices data are taken from bloomberg.com<

* Exchange Rates are taken from BB website, as on latest update.<

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM

EMRANUL HUQ

MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO OF DHAKA BANK LIMITED

Dear Valued Patrons,

At the very onset, let me express my heartiest gratitude for allowing us to serve you and I also wanted to reach out to you directly with an assurance that Dhaka Bank is fully equipped to support you during this difficult time.

Last couple of weeks ago we all were living in a peaceful condition, performing our daily tasks freely and perfectly. Entire economy and business environment was also in a good shape, until COVID-19 put a forceful stoppage to the overall life style and economy of the world. We all know that social distancing and cleanliness are the keys to prevent this pandemic. Hence, we urge your conscious effort to limiting public interaction and suspending wherever possible.

YOUR SAFETY MEANS EVERYTHING TO US
In this current situation, Dhaka Bank and its employees are beside you where we are fully online, either working from home or at our offices under a robust Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to serve you with limited branch banking and a full-fledged alternate delivery channel services.

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Moreover, to fulfill your urgent requirement, we have a limited no. of branches up and running by ensuring all kinds of precautionary and safety measures for you.

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As you know we are going through a critical phase and the situation is novel to all of us. We are getting lot of new information from various sources everyday about COVID-19 which will be shared at www.dhakabankltd.com.

Thank you for your trust and continued support to us. I firmly believe that jointly we will be able to combat this situation and win against all the odds.

Please stay home, stay safe and take care of yourself and family.

Best regards,

Emranul Huq
Managing Director & CEO
Dhaka Bank Limited

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