The Nepal Chamber of Commerce said the Nepal Rastra Bank should adopt a pro-growth stance in the upcoming monetary policy, calling for credit growth exceeding 20% to support a targeted economic expansion of around 7%. The Chamber also advocated for maintaining single-digit interest rates, proposing a reduction in the bank rate to 5% and capping the spread rate of banks and financial institutions at 3.5%.
Additional recommendations included scrapping the Working Capital Loan Guidelines 2078, introducing measures to attract foreign investment and promote exports, improving access to finance for productive sectors, and creating incentives to bring informal-economy funds into the formal financial system.
The NRB's latest official review on record is the Monetary Policy 2082-83 Third Quarter Review, published on May 15, 2026. The annual monetary policy announcement, which would formally respond to such recommendations, is expected in the coming weeks.