Dr. Gunakar Bhatta is the Vice Chairperson of the National Planning Commission (NPC), the apex planning body of the government. Previously, he served at Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) for two-and-a-half decades, retiring last year from the position of the Executive Director as a special class officer. He possesses extensive experience in economics, finance, and regulation/supervision, …
Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) has unveiled an accommodative monetary policy for FY 2025/26 that appears friendly to the private sector. Guided by liberal economic principles – deregulation and private sector development – the policy adopts a flexible stance toward banks in terms of operations and toward borrowers. Agriculture and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) remain …
Monetary Policy Focuses on Spent Forces, Ignores Pluralism Read More »
After two years of monetary tightening, the central bank has backtracked from its previous stance with the monetary policy review. the HRM A day before the first quarterly review of the Monetary Policy for 2023/24, Finance Minister Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat convened a meeting with the board of directors of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB). He …
1st Quarter Review of Monetary Policy – NRB’s Course Correction to Kick-start Economy Read More »
According to NRB’s Economic Activities Report 2021/22, the average capacity utilization of industry nationwide in the last fiscal year was 52.8 percent, up from 52.2 percent in FY 2020/21. the HRM The protracted liquidity crisis, interest rate volatility, and rise in raw material costs have hit the country’s industrial output in the last fiscal year. …
Marginal Growth in Capacity Utilization of Industries Read More »
