The Price of Inaction: How Bangladesh’s Forthcoming Budget Must Tackle the Cost of Living and Dismantle Supply Chain Brokerage
Bangladesh enters the FY2026–27 budget cycle with an inflation crisis that is no longer cyclical, it is structural. Inflation reached 9.13 percent in February 2026 and remained above 8 percent for more than 41 consecutive months. Wage growth has lagged inflation for 47 consecutive months. For low and middle-income households, the arithmetic of daily survival…
