KATHMANDU: The macroeconomic update unveiled by the Nepal Rastra Bank on Wednesday showed that the consumer price inflation (CPI) in the country accelerated to 4.52 per cent in the second month of…
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Remittance surges 23pc in first month of FY 20-21
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 25 Against the general expectation that remittances would take a major hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, the money sent home by Nepali migrants in the first month (mid-July to…
Capacity utilisation of Nepali industries slumps to 40pc
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 21 The industries in the country utilised only 40 per cent of their installed capacity in the six-month period between Mid-July 2019 to mid-January 2020, reveals the Economic Activities Study…
Average annual inflation quickens to 6.14pc
KATHMANDU: The average annual inflation in the fiscal 2019-20 quickened to 6.14 per cent from 4.64 per cent in fiscal 2018-19, according to the annual macroeconomic update unveiled by Nepal Rastra Bank…
COVID disruptions a boon for BoP
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 24 The months-long lockdown that began in the third quarter of the last fiscal to curb the spread of coronavirus disrupted trade and life in general. This, in turn, resulted…
COVID disruptions a boon for Balance of Payments
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 24 The months-long lockdown that began in the third quarter of the last fiscal to curb the spread of coronavirus disrupted trade and life in general. This, in turn, resulted…
Central bank directs BFIs to operate with limited employees
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 9 Nepal Rastra Bank today directed banks and financial institutions to deploy staff at its branches on a turn-wise basis, keeping in view the rising number of coronavirus cases in…
61 per cent of industries totally shut during the lockdown
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 5 Sixty-one per cent of industries across the country remained completely shut during almost four-month-long lockdown imposed by the government from March 24 to contain the spread of the coronavirus,…
NRB indirectly pressuring BFIs for merger
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 2 Though the government and Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) have been saying that banks and financial institutions (BFIs) will not be compelled for merger and acquisition, the central bank is…
Share market investors wait for Monetary Policy implementation
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 1 Initially, when Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) launched the Monetary Policy for fiscal 2020-21 the country’s sole secondary market went on a bull run as the policy announced various packages…