The World Bank Group is scaling up its lending to Bangladesh in non-concessional terms by as much as three times to prepare the country for its impending LDC graduation, which would close the doors to low-cost funds.

Investors are gauging whether the US Federal Reserve has reached the peak of its aggressiveness in hiking rates, with some saying they're ready to up risky positions again.

With the Federal Reserve expected to hike its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday to battle high inflation, focus will shift to how deeply signs of an economic slowdown have registered with its policymakers.

He came up with the remark while delivering speech at the “First MAM Kazemi Memorial Lecture on Monetary Policy” held in Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says the interest rate on postal savings will go up again from March 17, once the automation process of the Directorate of Posts is completed.

The government will spend Tk 51,340 crore for interest payment in the upcoming fiscal year which is 11 percent of total proposed budget of Tk 4,64,573 crore.

Imagine paying interest to save money. A bizarre idea that was once theoretical curiosity is now a stark reality in several economies of the developed world...

China has cut its main interest rate to boost growth in its economy.

The dollar slumps the most since October 2011 after the Federal Reserve reduced projections for interest- rate increases and expressed concern the dollar's surge is weighing on exports and inflation