{"id":29382,"date":"2026-05-04T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/bangladeshs-4-bn-april-rebound-runs-into-the-ldc-clock\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T12:52:02","slug":"bangladeshs-4-bn-april-rebound-runs-into-the-ldc-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/bangladeshs-4-bn-april-rebound-runs-into-the-ldc-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh&#8217;s $4 bn April rebound runs into the LDC clock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><img class=\"img-responsiveV&lt;span class=\" startxt=\"\"\/>*&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.fibre<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>fashion.com\/newsresource\/newscontentimages\/<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\/table-<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>_<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>T<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.jpg&#8221; \/&gt;<\/p>\n<p>RMG drove $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (+<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>% YoY), with knitwear at $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion and woven at $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (EPB). But unit economics are tightening. The Tk <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>,<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> minimum wage, in force since December <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> with a mandated <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent annual increment, has lifted the floor wage <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent from the <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> base. BERC\u2019s April <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> industrial gas decision left existing users at Tk <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\/cm but raised new-connection industrial tariffs <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to Tk <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\/cm and new captive power to Tk <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\/cm, a capex deterrent for greenfield capacity. Bangladesh Bank\u2019s gross reserves stood near $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (BPM<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>: $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion) on April <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, supported by record March remittances of $<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion, but the central bank had to publicly reject taka-devaluation speculation on April <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>. With roughly <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>,<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> audited active BGMEA members and about <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million workers, marginal-cost competitiveness against Vietnam and Cambodia is narrowing.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/bangladesh-s-4-bn-april-rebound-runs-into-the-ldc-clock-310086-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/static.fibre*fashion.com\/newsresource\/newscontentimages\/***\/table-**_********T******.jpg&#8221; \/&gt; RMG drove $*.** billion (+**.**% YoY), with knitwear at $*.** billion and woven at $*.** billion (EPB). But unit economics are tightening. The Tk **,*** minimum wage, in force since December **** with a mandated * per cent annual increment, has lifted the floor wage ** per cent from the **** base&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}