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Govt to target sector in crisis battle: Aziz

Star Business Report
The government has planned to address the possible impact of global financial crisis on sectoral basis instead of taking any macro level measures.
"I have asked the committee relating to such crisis to keep any impact under watch and look at how the government can best address the issue on sector basis,” Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam told a discussion yesterday.
"We should be selective in addressing problems of a specific sector rather than taking any macro measure,” he added.
The discussion was organised at the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BED in the capital, marking the presentation of IMF's November outlook on Asia and the Pacific region.
International Monetary Fund Resident
Representative Jonathan C Dunn presented the outlook report, while BEI President Farooq Sobhan delivered his address of welcome.
According to the outlook, US, the world's largest economy has been in recession since December 2007 and the retail shares have declined by 26 percent there this year compared to the previous year.
It predicts that the Asian economic powers such as Japan, China and Korea would be affected badly by the ongoing crisis.
Dunn warned that the global recession that sparked a sell-off in the markets worldwide could affect Bangladesh because of its dependence on a few export destinations, particularly the US and Europe.
The finance adviser said Bangladesh's integration with the global economy is still limited and it won't be a part of the Asian gloomy picture pre-
sented in the IMF forecast.
He, however, said: "There is neither anything to be complacent, nor alarmed."
The technical committee formed to identify what could be the nature of the impacts of the ongoing crisis will recommend corrective measures.
Ruling out any macro remedial measures, Mirza Aziz said the monetary policy is already a quite accommodative one and there is no scope for further expansion.
He also listed some fiscal stimulus packages that the government offered, which includes social safety net and employment scheme.
“So, we have to look at specific sectors how we can best support it," he added.
Replying to a query, the adviser said there is no scope for the government to buy oil in advance. “We buy oil often in credit," he added.