26.8% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 217 35% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
12% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 25 12% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
17% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 30 17% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$NA (31 December 2008)
$598 billion (31 December 2007)
note: this number reflects the vastly overvalued official exchange rate of 5.38 kyat per dollar; at the unofficial black market rate of 1305 kyat per dollar, the stock of kyats would equal only US$2.465 billion and Burma's velocity of money (the number of times money turns over in the course of a year) would be six, in line with the velocity of money for other countries in the region
Stock of quasi money: