It will be difficult for the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to further loosen monetary policy due to a rising USD/VNĐ exchange rate pressure, experts said.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính received a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)''s 2024 Article IV Mission to Việt Nam led by its head Paulo Medas in Hà Nội on November 15.
With rising stock market returns and reduced corporate borrowing costs, SBV’s policy direction should positively impact business performance and stock market growth.
Việt Nam''s economic growth is projected to recover to 6.1 per cent in 2024, supported by continued strong external demand, resilient foreign direct investment and accommodative policies.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked proactive, flexible, timely and effective monetary policies to be continued to promote the country’s socio-economic development while ensuring the safety of the national financial and banking system.
The PM stressed the need to prevent the exchange rate from affecting macroeconomy and inflation control, while requesting that the lending rates should be reduced by 1-2 per cent to stimulate production and trade. He set a target for credit growth...
Việt Nam’s economic growth is predicted to expand by about 6 per cent this year based on numerous potentials, significant foreign direct investment, and ongoing efforts to improve the business environment and infrastructure.
According to experts, the Fed''s interest rate cut will support Việt Nam''s monetary policy management as the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) may not be under pressure of dollar appreciation after the greenback weakens in the wake of the Fed''s...
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chairs the meeting to implement monetary policy management tasks in 2024, which focuses on removing difficulties for production and business to promote growth and ensure macroeconomic stability.
The IMF will always accompany Viet Nam in post-COVID-19 recovery and development, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Antoinette Sayeh pledged, expressing her hope for stronger cooperation with Vietnamese agencies, particularly the Economic Commission.
The SBV last week raised the 2022 credit growth target for the domestic banking system by 1.5-2 percentage points from its previous target of 14 per cent, allowing commercial banks to pump an additional VND240 trillion into the economy.
A recent report from financial data service provider FiinGroup showed the channel for raising capital through domestic bonds is gloomy, but many domestic enterprises still succeeded in mobilising international loans. Specifically, ten deals announced recently had a total value of...