Month: April 2025

ASEAN+3 economies are more resilient and diversified today than during past global shocks and better positioned to navigate the unfolding shock from US reciprocal tariffs, the ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook 2025 said. They...

Germany remained the world’s top industrial textile exporter in January 2025, but the US dropped to third place among its key markets, with its share falling to 5.40 per cent from 7.59 per cent a year earlier. Poland became the...

The US garners over $1 billion in annual tariffs on goods exported by Bangladesh, while the latter collects about $180 million on US products, a think tank revealed. Though Bangladesh imposes duties averaging 6.2 per cent on US...

Bangladesh needs near-term policy tightening to address the mounting external financing gap and ensure a continued decline in inflation, the IMF has said. Fiscal consolidation should prioritise the swift implementation of tax...