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Political uncertainty hurts GDP view
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 25/04/2019
» Domestic political uncertainty warrants a downside risk for Thailand's GDP growth outlook this year because a delay in forming the new government could curtail public investment projects and dent private investment incentives, says the World Bank.
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Households seek more credit
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 11/07/2016
» Personal loans expanded again in May, indicating that households are still struggling and seeking fresh borrowing.
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BoT gloomy on growth
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 09/03/2016
» The Bank of Thailand is to revise its forecast for this year's economic growth due to heightening downside risks but further monetary easing is not appropriate in addressing short-term shocks, says governor Veerathai Santiprabhob.
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Q2 growth of less than 3% foreseen
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 11/08/2015
» Second-quarter figures are expected to show the economy expanded at a weaker pace than in the first quarter, at less than 3% year-on-year.
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Moody's sounds warning
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 11/06/2015
» Concerns are mounting over Thailand's individual and SME borrowers, as their debt leverage ratio and asset quality are seen to be increasingly vulnerable to the sluggish economic growth conditions, says Moody's Investors Service.
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Property tax back on agenda
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 04/06/2015
» The much-touted land and buildings tax is expected to be at the top of the cabinet's agenda over the next two months after a delay since March based on public concerns about burdensome taxation.
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Superboard poised for battle
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 05/07/2014
» A state enterprise superboard set up by the junta will be ready to make its first policy-setting moves by the middle of next week, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, a superboard member and the Bank of Thailand governor.
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Economic loss 'less than from floods'
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 09/01/2014
» Even though the potential impact on the economy from the planned Bangkok shutdown remains uncertain, the scale of the loss is expected to be less than that from the 2011 floods, economists say.
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Political vacuum 'damaging'
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 11/01/2014
» The Bangkok shutdown by anti-government protesters and the absence of a functional government could shave one percentage point off Thailand's economic growth, says an academic.
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Beware 'populist policy trap'
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 04/02/2014
» The government should abandon its non-welfare populist policies on the grounds that Thailand could fall further into the middle-income trap and face low productivity, says an economist.
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