A meeting of the coordination council on macro-economy and resource management on Monday decided to revise down the growth rate of gross domestic product at 5.2 per cent from earlier 6.8 per cent in the current financial year.
Besides, the virtual meeting presided over by finance adviser Saleh Uddin Ahmed, who is chair of the coordination council, decided to make upward revision of inflation below 9 per cent in FY2024鈥�25, said the officials attending the meeting.
The ousted Awami League regime that announced the national budget at Tk 7.97 lakh crore聽 projected to keep the inflation at 6.5 per cent.
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud, commerce adviser Sk Bashir Uddin, Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur, finance secretary Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder, National Board of Revenue chairman Abdur Rahman Khan joined the meeting.
Discussing overall macro-economic situation and resources, they expected that the GDP growth would be close to 6 per cent in FY2025鈥�26.
The committee is expected to meet in April again to finalise the GDP rate for FY2025鈥�26 commencing from next July.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
