For the world economy 02 April 2025, dubbed by the US Government as "Liberation Day" for the American economy, will be carved in history books as a watershed moment. The newly crafted "reciprocal tariffs" announced on that date take effect ...

BOOK REVIEW Bangladesh is a beneficiary of globalisation. As a participant in the rules-based-trade order (World Trade Organization or WTO), Bangladesh made remarkable use of its Least Developed Country (LDC) status (with Special and Differential Treatment) to eventually become the ...

With an increasingly transforming global landscape of trade and investment, Bangladesh will need strategic outward-oriented policies to cope with the challenges and opportunities emerging as it prepares to graduate from its LDC status to a developing country. Navigating the complexities ...

Among the constituent macroeconomic policies, trade policy in Bangladesh typically draws the least attention, until it does. Since 2022, though the focus has been largely on trade and current account deficits and the financial account of the balance of payments ...

"Regarding concerns about the volatility of the exchange rate and fueling of inflation, it is too early to tell" As a professional economist I have systematically advocated the adoption of a market-based flexible exchange rate system. My advice was ignored ...