Myanmar economy

Cargo trucks line up at the entrance of Myanmar International Terminal in Thilawa, outskirt of Yangon, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
Business
17 April 2023
ADB forecasts Myanmar GDP growth rate of 2.5% for 2023
Business
09 November 2022
Junta claims it can run the economy without...
Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said: “The previous government got foreign loans and grants...
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Business
04 November 2022
World Bank forecast: Myanmar economy will...
According to a World Bank forecast Myanmar GDP shrank by 20 per cent in 2021 after the...
A woman carries a bottle of cooking oil as she crosses the road in Yangon, Myanmar, 16 August 2022. Photo: EPA
News
21 August 2022
Fuel price hikes and scarce rice add to hardship...
Dozens of people queue under monsoon drizzle for subsidised cooking oil in Myanmar's...
Embedded thumbnail for Myanmar: People queue for cooking oil as economic misery strikes Yangon
News
19 August 2022
Myanmar: People queue for cooking oil as economic...
Dozens queued under monsoon drizzle for subsidised cooking oil in Myanmar 's commercial...
Myanmar military Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (L) participates in a parade during the 76th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2021. Photo: EPA
News
29 May 2022
Can Myanmar be the next Sri Lanka? 
Ever since the Myanmar military launched a coup on 1 February 2021, the country’s economy...
Motorists traverse along the Central Hall in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Photo: EPA
Business
09 February 2022
Myanmar junta destroys the economy: report
Advocacy group ALTSEAN Burma has released a report detailing how since the February 1,...
A car travels along a road on the first day of Myanmar's New Year water festival, also known as Thingyan, in central Yangon on April 12, 2020, amid restrictions put in place to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP
Latest News
01 October 2021
Military government takes responsibility for...
Myanmar's ongoing economic problems were caused by "outside factors" and two waves of...
A car transits an empty road in downtown Yangon on Martyrs' Day, Myanmar, 19 July 2021. Photo: EPA
Business
27 July 2021
Economy is expected to contract around 18 percent...
Myanmar’s ongoing political turmoil and a rapidly-rising third wave of COVID-19 cases are...
(File) Myanmar soldiers march during a parade commemorating the 74th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, 27 March 2019. Photo: EPA
Latest News
09 June 2021
UNDP Estimates High levels of Poverty in Myanmar...
Describing the COVID19 pandemic and the military take over as a double whammy on Myanmar...