Fitch: Bangladesh to see rapid development, stabilizing its foreign exchange reserves

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Fitch: Bangladesh to see rapid development, stabilizing its foreign exchange reserves​

Fitch has again given Bangladesh a "BB-" rating in its most recent evaluation of its creditworthiness

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Tribune Desk
October 1, 2022 9:43 AM

According to Fitch Ratings, a renowned international credit ratings firm, Bangladesh continues to have good growth prospects and a sustainable external debt repayment profile despite the global economic challenges and rising inflationary pressures domestically.

Fitch has again given Bangladesh a "BB-" rating in its most recent evaluation of its creditworthiness. Despite noting that there is commercial or financial flexibility to support the service of financial commitments, the assessment suggests an enhanced sensitivity to default risk.

The South Asian country is attempting to recover from the pandemic's aftereffects while also dealing with the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, which have caused consumer expenditures to soar.

The government increased fuel prices by as much as 50% in response to the war's destabilizing effects on the world energy market. The country's foreign exchange reserves were also put under pressure, which was exacerbated by the depreciation of the taka versus the US dollar.

The pressure on the reserves is projected to decrease in light of policy steps to restrict imports, an increase in fuel price, and increased exchange-rate flexibility, it said. Despite the forex reserves declining 16% to $38.9 billion during an eight-month period during the previous fiscal year, it added.

According to Fitch, the foreign reserves would stabilize in FY23 and average $34 billion, which is sufficient to cover more than four months' worth of import payments.

Additionally, it anticipates a reduction in the current account deficit to 3.0% of GDP in 2023 and 2.3% in 2024.

Economic growth could drop to 5.0% in FY23 due to temporary measures taken to control imports and reduce electricity usage.

However, if these restrictions are relaxed and commodity prices are stabilized, it anticipates growth to increase to 6.4%.

Fitch: Bangladesh to see rapid development, stabilizing its foreign exchange reserves

Fitch has again given Bangladesh a "BB-" rating in its most recent evaluation of its creditworthiness

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[bluesky]

Below is what I found about the BB (+) rating by internet surfing. And Flitch says BD rating is BB(-). I do not think it is that good. But, the newspaper implies it is quite good.

"A Ba1/BB+ rating is below investment grade, or sometimes referred to as high-yield or junk; therefore, the yield on the bond should be higher than on an investment-grade security to compensate for the greater risk of payment default that the bond investor is taking on".

 

[Destranator]

Below is what I found about the BB (+) rating by internet surfing. And Flitch says BD rating is BB(-). I do not think it is that good. But, the newspaper implies it is quite good.

"A Ba1/BB+ rating is below investment grade, or sometimes referred to as high-yield or junk; therefore, the yield on the bond should be higher than on an investment-grade security to compensate for the greater risk of payment default that the bond investor is taking on".

Third world hell holes don't do much better.
For Bangladesh to graduate to A rating you need forex reserves equivalent to multiple years worth of import bills (since BDT is not an international currency), trade surplus worth tens of billions of dollars, diversification of exports, higher tax to GDP ratio, etc.

 

[mb444]

Third world hell holes don't do much better.
For Bangladesh to graduate to A rating you need forex reserves equivalent to multiple years worth of import bills (since BDT is not an international currency), trade surplus worth tens of billions of dollars, diversification of exports, higher tax to GDP ratio, etc.

BD is a semi closed economy when it comes to government bond by design. This impacts rating.

BB- is fine, it reflects BDs credit worthiness to international institutional lenders. BB is not seeking loans in the international market. At our level of development its a solid rating.

Fitch rating here is primarily to do with government bonds and an indication of the governments credit worthiness.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

Below is what I found about the BB (+) rating by internet surfing. And Flitch says BD rating is BB(-). I do not think it is that good. But, the newspaper implies it is quite good.

"A Ba1/BB+ rating is below investment grade, or sometimes referred to as high-yield or junk; therefore, the yield on the bond should be higher than on an investment-grade security to compensate for the greater risk of payment default that the bond investor is taking on".

Only fully industrialised countries have A rating you buffoon.

Bangladesh’s rating is standard for a developing country.

Your crying wolf about debt will not come true.

Now jog along

@UKBengali wins again!!!