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Remittance flashes global recovery signs

Forex reserve crosses $9b mark

Rejaul Karim Byron
The remittance inflow increased by 18.22 percent in the first two months of the current fiscal year which Bangladesh Bank officials described as moderately good.
The growth of inward remittance points to early signs of a bounce-back in the world economy from the financial crisis.
According to BB statistics, the remittance inflow soared 30 percent to $937.91 million in August, up from $721.92 million in the same period last year.
Inward remittance has jumped as expatriates are sending more money to their relatives on the eve of Eid-ulFitr.
The central bank's foreign currency reserves reached $9,149.57 million for the first time yesterday -- boosted by remittance growth and a partial release of IMF's special recovery fund.
In the July to August period of the current fiscal year, the total remittance inflow was $1,823.29 million, a rise from $1,542.63 million in the same period a year earlier.
Bangladesh recorded average remittance growth at 22.42 percent last fiscal year. In fiscal 2007-08, the growth was higher at 32.39 percent.
Central bank officials said the global recession had slowed the remittance inflow last fiscal year. In July, the remittance growth was a paltry 7.80 percent.
The International Monetary Fund has set aside 463.3 SDRs (Special Drawing Rights) equivalent to $735 million in recovery funds for Bangladesh. Of the amount, the lending agency has already given S630 million to Bangladesh early this week.
With much of the world still mired in recession, IMF moved to bolster its members' reserves through an allocation of SDRs.
The allocation, equivalent to S250 billion, was made on August to be followed by an additional, but smaller, amount of S33 billion on September 9.
There are no notes or coins denominated in SDR, but it plays a role as an interest-bearing international reserve asset as the unit can be tuned into a usable currency. SDRs provide liquidity into the global economic system.
OECD said yesterday added its voice to forecasts that a fragile global rebound is taking shape.
The United States and the eurozone are set to break out of recession in the third quarter, according to latest reports.
With the pace of US economic decline slowing and with the eurozone economy actually expanding in August, OECD chief economist Jorgen Elmeskov pointed to a recent "run of good news".