Myanmar Central Bank Sees Currency Stabilising on New Measures

Myanmar Central Bank Sees Currency Stabilising on New Measures
Workers count Myanmar's kyat banknotes at the office of a local bank in Yangon April 2, 2012. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters
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Military-appointed authorities in Myanmar are making progress in addressing its currency crisis, with the kyat stabilising and efforts underway to keep prices under control, a senior central bank official said.

The kyat lost more than 60 percent of its value in September, driving up food and fuel prices in a fragile economy that has languished since a Feb. 1 military coup and is on course for a double-digit contraction this year.