After a four-month lull, US dollar prices made an abrupt jump in December, making imports more expensive and pushing up business costs.

Dollar price rose just a day after the introduction of the crawling peg

Each dollar was Tk 121-Tk 122 a day ago

It rose to Tk 108.75 on May 22

If investors agree on one thing this year, it's that the dollar is going to fall. That's made the greenback's 2 per cent bounce over the last month particularly confusing.

From the beginning of March, bankers have been paying Tk 104 for a dollar to exporters.