Fashion pulse: Bangladesh - August 2026

Consumer prices (August)

Clothing and footwear prices in Bangladesh rose 9.94 percent year-on-year in August 2026, according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), up from 9.75 percent in July. Headline consumer price inflation eased to 8.26 percent from 8.32 percent, so clothing inflation ran 1.68 percentage points above the headline rate. On the month, clothing and footwear prices rose 1.71 percent.

Food inflation eased to 7.02 percent in August from 7.16 percent in July, while non-food inflation edged up to 9.32 percent from 9.28 percent, according to BBS. The national wage rate index rose 8.05 percent YoY in August, slightly below headline inflation.

Remittances and household income (August)

Bangladesh received 2.97 billion dollars in remittances from workers abroad in August, according to Bangladesh Bank (BB), up 22.5 percent from 2.42 billion dollars in August 2025. In local currency, the inflow was worth 365.30 billion taka (36,530 crore taka). Remittances were also higher than in July, when they totalled 2.86 billion dollars.

Monetary policy and currency (August)

BB's policy rate stood at 9.50 percent in August, following a 50 basis point cut decided by its Monetary Policy Committee on 30 July. The dollar averaged 123.10 taka in August, compared with 123.29 taka in July, according to BB data compiled by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a 0.2 percent rise in the value of the taka. Compared with August 2025, when the dollar averaged 121.72 taka, the taka was 1.1 percent weaker.

The bottom line

Bangladeshi clothing and footwear prices rose 9.94 percent YoY in August, 1.68 percentage points above headline inflation of 8.26 percent. Remittance inflows rose 22.5 percent YoY to 2.97 billion dollars, while wage growth of 8.05 percent ran slightly below headline inflation. BB's policy rate stood at 9.50 percent.

Note: this article combines the most recent official data available at the time of writing. Reporting lags differ by indicator and country, so not all figures refer to the same month. Each data point is labelled with its reference period.