We are not faltering behind in any indicators like GDP growth, per capita income, employment generation, food production, inflation control, imports and exports. GDP Growth: In FY 2015-16, our GDP growth target was 7.05 percent; however, according to the final estimation of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the GDP growth rate stood at 7.11 percent. For the next fiscal year, we have set a target of achieving 7.4 percent GDP growth, the highest in the last four decades. It is worth mentioning that contribution of domestic demand was 5.2 percent in 7.11 percent real GDP growth of FY 2015-16. Harmonizing Fiscal and Monetary Policies: Our fiscal and monetary policies play a complementary role to each other.

Source: bd News24 June 01, 2017 10:52 UTC