State of the Bangladesh Economy in FY06: Early Signals and Immediate Outlook

This report has been prepared as part of CPD’s ongoing assessment of macro-economic performance of Bangladesh under CPD’s programme titled Independent Review of Bangladesh’s Development. Based on data and information on the dynamics of major macroeconomic variables during July-December 2005, the analysis attempts to trace and track the movements of key macro economic performance indicators including in such areas as: public finance, monetary and financial sector, real economy and external balance.