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The Myanmar kyat depreciated sharply, to above 4,900 per US dollar, disrupting border trade with Thailand and prompting some money changers to suspend transactions. The slide is attributed to a planned central bank borrowing of 2.1 trillion kyats to fund the fiscal deficit.
Currency stress in Myanmar raises import costs for a largely import-dependent market, mainly affecting local consumers and border trade, with little direct effect on global feed commodity prices.
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