Maungdaw: Sep 27: "Beginning mid-August the unofficial exchange rate for the Burmese currency kyat, dropped at least 17% against the US dollar and other regional currencies. At the rate of 18 (going up to 20) to the Bangladesh taka, the nosediving kyat has set off a price spiral and uneasy market in Rakhine (Arakan) state, in the western part of Burma, sources and a company director said..."