Dhaka, April 22 -- An outfit of high-profile global rating-agency Fitch suggests Bangladesh should continue with its high policy rate in lending in the high-inflation regime, ostensibly nay-saying pleas for rate cut.

"We now expect the Bangladesh Bank to maintain its policy rate at 10 per cent over FY2026/27 instead of cutting the rate," says a BMI report, available Wednesday.

Business Monitor International or BMI is a Fitch Solutions company that provides macroeconomic, industry, and financial market analysis globally.

The subsidiary of the American-British credit-rating agency, Fitch, makes such suggestion in view of high projected inflation, recent decline in long-term-borrowing costs, and renewed need for International Monetary Fun...