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Bangladesh fares better among 66 economies to deal with Covid-19: Economist

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03 May, 2020, 09:00 am
Last modified: 03 May, 2020, 01:02 pm

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Bangladesh fares better among 66 economies to deal with Covid-19: Economist

According to the report, Bangladesh has featured as strong or relatively strong and is ahead of China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, UAE, Mexico, Brazil and other South Asian countries in the ranking

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03 May, 2020, 09:00 am
Last modified: 03 May, 2020, 01:02 pm
Illustration: The Economist
Illustration: The Economist

The Economist, the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs, has placed Bangladesh as the 9th strongest economy in its report on the financial strength of 66 emerging economies in the wake of the Covid-19 attack.

The ranking examines the vulnerability of selected economies across four potential sources of peril: public debt as percentage of GDP, foreign debt (both public and private), cost of borrowing and reserve cover.

According to the ranking, released on April 2, the economy of Bangladesh has featured as strong or relatively strong in all the said indicators. It is ahead of China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, UAE, Mexico, Brazil and other South Asian countries in the ranking.

Botswana tops the list of countries with the strength of its indicators while Venezuela fared as most vulnerable with the 66th and last position.

It said Covid-19 hurts emerging economies in at least three ways: by locking down their populations, damaging their export earnings and deterring foreign capital.

"Even if the pandemic fades in the second half of the year, GDP in developing countries, measured at purchasing-power parity, will be 6.6% smaller in 2020 than the IMF had forecast in October," it added.

The report said, "Over the course of 2020, the 66 economies in our exercise will have to find over $4trn to service their foreign debt and cover any current-account deficits.

Excluding China, the figure is $2.9trn. But this leaves out the buyers that emerging economies have accumulated."

It said the grubbiest garments are found elsewhere-among the world's emerging markets.

They collectively owe $17trn of government debt, 24% of the global total.

Eighteen of them have had their credit ratings cut in 2020 so far by Fitch, more than in the whole of any previous year.

Argentina has missed a $500m payment on its foreign bonds. If it cannot persuade creditors to swap their securities for less generous ones by May 22nd, it will be in default for the ninth time in its history, according to the Economist.

To weather the crisis, the report said emerging economies may need at least $2.5trn, the fund reckons, from foreign sources or their own reserves. One way to ensure countries have more hard currency is to stop taking it from them.

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