The Target and Achievements of Private Sector Credit in Bangladesh: A Monetary Policy Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.18034/gdeb.v3i2.162Keywords:
Monetary policy statement, Private sector credit, Agricultural Credit, Growth, Investment gapAbstract
This paper tries to assess the monetary policy on macroeconomic indicators in Bangladesh. The central bank declares monetary policy statement twice in every year to pursue its macroeconomic goals. The assessment provides that during the sample period, monetary policy is not strong enough to control the inflation rate. In addition, policies did not appear itself as ignition to the investment process as well as the growth rate of GDP. This assessment leaves an interesting outcome: monetary policy is not independent and strong enough to pursue its macroeconomics goals.
JEL Classification Code: M51, M52
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