Burma

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The price of vegetables has doubled. Burma has not escaped the economic fall-out from the attacks on the United States and Washington?s war on terrorism. The fall in consumer confidence in America will also affect Burma?s exports to the US, while the general downturn in international travel will have an adverse impact on Burma?s tourist industry. The latest symptom of financial crisis has been a run on the country?s large kyat notes. "No one wants to hold thousand or five hundred kyat notes for fear that the government is planning to withdraw them from circulation," said a Burmese businessman...

Creator/author: 

Larry Jagan

Source/publisher: 

BBC

Date of Publication: 

2001-11-19

Date of entry: 

2003-06-03

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English

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