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Myanmar suspends foreign loan repayments amid dollar crunch

YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.

 In a letter to banks licensed to deal in foreign exchange, deputy dovernor Win Thaw directed borrowers to suspend the repayment of interest and principal of various foreign loans obtained either in cash or in kind.

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