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An insistent hawker convinced me to buy an English copy for 4,500 kyat (P175).

The bank made the call in order to stabilise the kyat and reduce dependence on the US dollar.

A total volume of 112,845 shares changed hands, for a trading value of 3.498 billion kyat (US$2.90mil).

The Burmese kyat was also very strong then, and so she was able to benefit from selling products demanded by people on the Shan State side.

Thankfully, Bagan has plenty of small restaurants, cafes and roadside stalls selling everything from smoothies to sugarcane juice and coconuts for as little as 500 Kyat, all of which are perfect to rehydrate with.

Its GDP expanded from roughly US$9 billion (6 trillion kyat) in the late 1990s and early 2000s to more than US$50 billion (21 trillion kyat) in 2010 (Figure 2).

JICA has invested around 500 million yen (5 billion kyat), a 10% stake, in the Thilawa SEZ Development Project.

For Win Myo and his wife the tab to regain citizenship in their homeland would be nearly 30 million kyat (about $31,000), according to the rule.

The opening of Myanmar's economy along with its floating currency and growing demand for imports has led to a worsening trade deficit and significant weakening of the Myanmar kyat (MMK) against the dollar.

In an initial move, on 2 April 2012, Myanmar's central bank moved from a fixed exchange rate policy to a managed float, setting a reference rate of 818 kyat to the US dollar.

Tourists and business travelers with an international MasterCard, Maestro or Cirrus card will now be able to withdraw money, and in the local currency or 'kyat', for the first time at 36 CB Bank ATMs around Myanmar, including Yangon International Airport, the company said.