Dhaka, Aug. 1 -- Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Thursday unveiled its Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) for the first half of the 2025-26 fiscal year, reaffirming a contractionary stance to curb inflationary pressures and preserve financial stability.

The central bank announced that the policy interest rate (repo rate) will remain unchanged at 10.0 per cent, with the Standing Lending Facility (SLF) and Standing Deposit Facility (SDF) rates held at 11.5 per cent and 8.0 per cent respectively. At the same time, BB revised down the private sector credit growth target to 7.2 per cent, from the previous 9.8 per cent.

Presenting the policy at a press conference, BB Governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur emphasised the priority of reducing inflation while maintai...