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News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar Economy to Shrink Further in 2025, World Bank Says

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/12/myanmar-economy-to-shrink-further-in-2025-world-bank-says/
Published on: Wednesday 11 December 2024

Myanmar’s economy is set to contract further in 2025, the World Bank said in its latest outlook, after a year of conflict in which resistance groups made significant inroads against the country’s ...

News Myanmar » Economy: China Taps Myanmar’s Rare Earth Surge, Coffee Sell-Off, and More

News channel or source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/china-briefing/china-taps-myanmars-rare-earth-surge-coffee-sell-off-and-more.html
Published on: Friday 23 October 2026

Rare earth mines along Myanmar’s northeastern border with China supply roughly half the world’s heavy rare earths, including strategically scarce dysprosium and terbium used in magnets crucial to ...

News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar's economy set to contract as floods and fighting take heavy toll, the World Bank says

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/myanmars-economy-set-contract-floods-110741807.html
Published on: Tuesday 10 December 2024

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's economy is forecast to contract this year, the World Bank said Wednesday, as flooding and fighting take a severe toll nearly four years after the military ousted its elected ...

News Myanmar » Economy: Lukashenko: Belarus, Myanmar have much more potential in economic ties

News channel or source: https://eng.belta.by/president/view/lukashenko-belarus-myanmar-have-much-more-potential-in-economic-ties-187780-2026/
Published on: Wednesday 21 October 2026

Our political relations have advanced far ahead of the economy. The economy needs to catch up to the level of our political relations,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.

News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar's banks buckle under junta rule as the kyat loses three-quarters of its value

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/myanmar-s-banks-buckle-under-junta-rule-as-the-kyat-loses-three-quarters-of-its-value/ar-AA2ag9p2
Published on: Sunday 16 August 2026

Cash-strapped depositors, a collapsing currency and lenders shut out of the global financial system – Myanmar's banks are being ground down by more than five years of military rule. The economy shrank ...

News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar's economy to shrink as floods compound crisis, says World Bank

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-s-economy-to-shrink-as-floods-compound-crisis-says-world-bank/7897046.html
Published on: Tuesday 10 December 2024

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 the ...

News Myanmar » Economy: Ayeyarwady River and Myanmar Economy

News channel or source: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?328353/Ayeyarwady-River-and-Myanmar-Economy
Published on: Wednesday 23 May 2018

WWF report on risks and opportunities from perspective of people living and working in the basin Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady River is both unique and special. It is one of the largest free-flowing rivers in ...

News Myanmar » Economy: Chinese enterprises eye growing role in Myanmar's economic, social development

News channel or source: https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202610/1371639.shtml
Published on: Thursday 01 October 2026

Chinese enterprises have expanded their footprint across Myanmar's economic and social sectors in recent years, boosting local business communities' confidence in China-Myanmar corporate cooperation ...

News Myanmar » Economy: Myanmar’s Economy Shrank 2 Percent in Year to March, Report Says

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2025/03/myanmars-economy-shrank-2-percent-in-year-to-march-report-says/
Published on: Friday 14 March 2025

Myanmar’s economy is set to shrink by 2 percent this financial year, due to the effects of intensifying conflict and economic mismanagement by the military junta, according to the latest Myanmar ...