প্রকাশ: 02/10/2022
The remittance
inflow sinks to lowest in seven months. The inflow of remittance dropped around
25% in September to $1.54 billion compared to August earnings.
Bangladesh received $2.04 billion in remittances in August,
according to central bank data published Sunday (2 October).
The total remittance inflow in the current financial year is
$5.67 billion, which was $5.41 billion during the same period last year.
According to experts, the cost of living for expatriates
increased due to global inflation. Additionally, they are preferring hundi over
legal remittance channels as they are getting Tk5-6 per dollar more than the
bank exchange rate.
They had expressed concern that the Hundi channel may become
more active.
Remittances dropped to a seven-month low in September as the
central bank fixed the dollar exchange rate for inward remittance. Bangladesh
received a lower remittance of $1.49 billion last February.
Bankers said the downfall happened after, on the advice of
the central bank on 12 September, the banks fixed the dollar exchange rate for
remittances at Tk108.
However, bankers had initially feared that remittances may
decrease due to fixing the exchange rate. The exchange houses said that the
remittances came in less in the first week after the rate was fixed as
remitters could not be given higher rates.
A visit to the website of several exchange houses including
Moneygram and Western Union shows that they are paying Tk106-107 per dollar for
remittance inflow. However, the houses also charge $1-2 as transfer fee.
As a result, those who send remittances in small amounts do
not get an average rate of more than Tk104-105 a dollar.
At present remittance through Hundi yields Tk113-114 per
dollar. Due to fixed exchange rate at banks, the difference between dollar
price of Hundi and the banking channel is at least Tk6-7.
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