Myanmar's economy is already suffering due to COVID-19. Analysts say an imposition of broad economic sanctions in response to the coup could harm the country and result in greater Chinese influence.

Myanmar's economy is expected to shrink by 1% in the current fiscal year, the World Bank said Wednesday, sharply downgrading its economic forecast as severe floods compounded the challenges facing ...

Myanmar’s coup leader-turned-premier Min Aung Hlaing is grappling with an economy weakened by clashes with armed ethnic groups, foreign investors cutting ties and the threat of more U.S ...

Myanmar faces falling currency, dollar crunch as economy worsens Nationwide COVID restrictions and a civil disobedience movement have hit normal economic activities and are hurting exports.

Myanmar's beleaguered economy is expected to contract by 2.5 percent in the 2025/26 fiscal year largely due to the devastating impact of a powerful earthquake in late March, the World Bank said in a ...

Myanmar’s economy is expected to contract by 10 per cent this year, World Bank forecasts released on Friday show, as the Southeast Asian nation is convulsed by nationwide protests, strikes and ...

Flows of illicit money in and out of Myanmar increased heavily since the country started to open its economy to the outside world, a new study released shortly ahead of Myanmar’s crucial general ...

Almost half of Myanmar risks falling into poverty by 2022: UNDP COVID and the crisis following a military coup this year could reverse economic gains made since 2005, UN body says.

Myanmar’s development story is complex, with significant reversals in recent years due to multiple and overlapping crises. In 2011, a political and economic transition process began under a ...

Myanmar’s state-owned enterprises show how much reform is still needed The bureaucratic leviathans, most still under army control, are a drag on the economy ...

The Third Green Economy Green Growth Forum taking place Nov. 20-22 in Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon comes at a crucial turning point for Myanmar. The Forum attempts to bridge the gap between biology and ...

Myanmar's economy is expected to shrink by 1% in the current fiscal year, the World Bank said on Wednesday, sharply downgrading its economic forecast as severe floods compounded the challenges ...