Dhaka, May 5 -- Speakers at a programme on Sunday said that the country can achieve the best outcome of macroeconomic stability if there is a balance and combination between fiscal and monetary policies.

To this end, both the policies require modification and reform along with a rapidly changing global scenario, they said at a session titled "Fiscal and Monetary Policies in the Evolving Economic Order (Risks, Vulnerabilities and Solutions)"on the first day of the two-day long 'First Development Studies International Conference' in a Dhaka city hotel.

The event was organised by the Department of Development Studies of Dhaka University and Bangla daily the Bonik Barta.

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