Bank shake-up seen as bid by junta to control Myanmar's financial sector: experts — Radio Free Asia
The appointments ensure all key positions are held by the military and its cronies.
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The appointments ensure all key positions are held by the military and its cronies.
YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.
The move is designed to strengthen further the junta’s control of foreign currency flows, amid Myanmar’s full-spectrum economic crisis.
Over the last decade, Myanmar people gradually gained confidence that their hard-earned cash was safe if they deposited it in the bank, rather than literally hiding it under their bed, as many had done in the past.
Over the last decade, Myanmar people gradually gained confidence that their hard-earned cash was safe if they deposited it in the bank, rather than literally hiding it under their bed, as many had done in the past.