Economic Reporter :
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman on Tuesday called upon the financial institutions for working the economic development of the country from the beginning of the new year 2016.
“2015 brought a milestone for us: Bangladesh attained the lower middle income status. We want 2016 be the year of growth and investment”, said the governor while addressing the bankers meeting at Bangladesh Bank conference room in the city.
The economy and the financial system made good progress in the last year. “Despite some initial challenges, we achieved a respectable growth of 6.5 percent and macro-financial stability”, said the governor.
We can easily transform Bangladesh from a 200 billion dollar economy to over 500 billion — half a trillion — dollar economy before 2025. In terms of macro- strategy and given our growth aspirations, we need to upgrade our export performance. At the same time, we can and should add an extra engine to our export-led growth model. Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors of the financial institutions were present on the occasion.
