The Bangladesh Bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 9.5% at its July 2026 Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The central bank said its tight policy since mid-2024 had helped reduce inflation, strengthen the external sector, and stabilize the exchange rate, but noted that remaining price pressures are now largely driven by supply-side factors, including food disruptions, energy costs, and market inefficiencies. Meanwhile, policymakers highlighted weak economic activity, subdued private investment, slow credit growth, employment challenges, energy constraints, and elevated non-performing loans as key risks to the recovery. Real GDP growth slowed to 2.2% year-on-year in Q3 FY26, prompting the IMF and ADB to lower their FY27 growth forecasts to 3.5% and 3.7%, respectively. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East also remained a downside risk due to potential disruptions to oil and fertilizer supplies. source: Bangladesh Bank
The benchmark interest rate in Bangladesh was last recorded at 9.50 percent. Interest Rate in Bangladesh averaged 7.01 percent from 2008 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 10.00 percent in October of 2024 and a record low of 4.50 percent in October of 2009. This page provides the latest reported value for - Bangladesh Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Bangladesh Repo Rate - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on August of 2026.
The benchmark interest rate in Bangladesh was last recorded at 9.50 percent. Interest Rate in Bangladesh is expected to be 10.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Bangladesh Repo Rate is projected to trend around 8.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.