Nepal's principal business association said that reducing interest rates would be insufficient to stimulate economic recovery, and urged the Nepal Rastra Bank to use its upcoming monetary policy statement to tackle deeper structural issues within the banking sector. The body did not specify which structural reforms it was seeking, but indicated that the current policy framework falls short of what is needed.
The NRB's most recent formal monetary policy review was the Third Quarter Review of Monetary Policy 2082-83, issued on May 15, 2026. The annual monetary policy for the new fiscal year has not yet been announced, making the business sector's call a direct input into that forthcoming policy process.