THE Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) sold over US$2.2 million on 9 January 2025.
It injected $256,000 on 8 January again after selling over $2.15 million on 7 January, $25 million and 2.8 million baht on 6 January, 510,000 yuan on 3 January, $25 million, over 670,000 yuan and 2.45 million baht on 2 January into the financial market.
Therefore, the CBM injected $52 million, 1.2 million yuan and 5.3 million baht as of this month.
CBM pumped $144 million, 321 million baht and over 12 million yuan in December 2024, over $59 million, over 280 million baht and 8.78 million yuan in November and over $91 million, over 610 million baht and 9.8 million yuan in October into the financial market.
CBM aims to curb the instability in the foreign exchange market and the currency devaluation. According to CBM’s notification on 15 March, it has been joining with law enforcement agencies to combat and prosecute those who attempt to manipulate the currency market under the existing laws. CBM allowed authorized dealers (private banks) to operate online foreign exchange trading freely as per the market rate depending on supply and demand, starting from 5 December 2023. — NN/KK
