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Myanmar's post-coup economic stabilisation in 2022-23 proved short-lived, and we expect real GDP growth to slow from 1.9% in 2023/24 to 1.4% in 2024/25. Private consumption will remain depressed. Ongoing [...]

Post-coup Myanmar has two major exchange rates: the official reference rate (Kt2,100:US$1) and the parallel-market rate (at about Kt3,650:US$1 as at mid-March, 40% weaker than the reference rate). The junta [...]

Post-coup Myanmar has two major exchange rates: the official reference rate (Kt2,100:US$1) and the parallel-market rate (at about Kt3,500:US$1 as at early January, 40% weaker than the reference rate). The [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will widen markedly in 2021, to the equivalent of 5% of GDP, and will remain in deficit throughout the rest of the forecast period. Amid the ongoing [...]

The kyat will depreciate against the US dollar in 2021. A confluence of factors, including a wide trade deficit, enduring loose fiscal and monetary policy and an acceleration in inflation, [...]

The kyat will depreciate against the US dollar in 2021. A confluence of factors, including a wide trade deficit, enduring loose fiscal and monetary policy and an acceleration in inflation, [...]

The kyat will depreciate against the US dollar in 2021. A confluence of factors, including a wide trade deficit, enduring loose fiscal and monetary policy and an acceleration in inflation, [...]

The kyat will depreciate against the US dollar in 2021. A confluence of factors, including a wide trade deficit, enduring loose fiscal and monetary policy and an acceleration in inflation, [...]

We expect the kyat to strengthen slightly against the US dollar in 2020 before depreciating from 2021. The currency started to weaken soon after the partial liberalisation of the exchange-rate [...]

We expect the kyat to strengthen slightly against the US dollar in 2020 before depreciating from 2021. The currency started to weaken soon after the partial liberalisation of the exchange-rate [...]

We expect the kyat to strengthen slightly against the US dollar in 2020 before depreciating from 2021. The currency started to weaken soon after the partial liberalisation of the exchange-rate [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will widen in 2020 before narrowing on average in US dollar terms in 2021-24. The coronavirus pandemic will significantly curtail remittances from migrant workers, most notably in [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will widen in 2020 before narrowing on average in US dollar terms in 2021-24. The coronavirus pandemic will signifi-cantly curtail remittances from migrant workers, most notably in [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will narrow in 2020 before widening in US dollar terms in 2021-23. The coronavirus pandemic will hit oil prices and imports from China, as that country's production [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will narrow slightly in 2020 before widening in US dollar terms in 2021-23. The coronavirus outbreak will hit oil prices and imports from China, as that country's [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will widen in US dollar terms during the forecast period. This will stem largely from the growing merchandise trade deficit, as well as an expanding deficit on [...]

Myanmar's current-account deficit will continue to widen in the forecast period, from an estimated 5.3% of GDP in 2017 to 8.2% by 2022. Coupled with an expanding primary income deficit, [...]

Although Myanmar's monthly import bill has been erratic in recent months, the general trend has been upward, with imports in January-May growing by 23.5% year on year to Kt10.3bn. In [...]