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Revenue beats target for first 10 months
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/08/2023
» Government revenue for the first 10 months of fiscal 2023 exceeded its target by 150 billion baht, says Fiscal Policy Office director-general Pornchai Thiraveja.
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Arkhom urges BAAC to rejig farmer debt
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/06/2023
» Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith has asked the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) to restructure farmers' debts to reduce non-performing loans (NPLs) to 3-4% for this accounting year from nearly 8% year-on-year.
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THAI on the verge of B54bn in loans
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/05/2020
» The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) is poised to secure 54 billion baht worth of bridge loans to boost liquidity for beleaguered Thai Airways International Plc (THAI) to enable the national carrier to undertake a business rehabilitation plan.
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Wake up and ‘smell’ the boiling water
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/01/2019
» Despite the uncertain date of the long-awaited election, political parties have intensified their poll campaigns, offering tempting policies to attract voters. A quick look at the campaign pledges of the competing parties suggests they want to turn Thailand into a welfare state. That would be a tough task.
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IBank draws interest of 3 investors
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/10/2017
» Three groups of investors, one of them local, have shown interest in acquiring a sizeable stake in the state-owned Islamic Bank of Thailand (IBank).
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Apisak blasts Ruengkrai's comment
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/06/2017
» Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong has defended the Bank of Thailand, saying its net loss stemmed from implementation of monetary policy.
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Thai governments are failing our farmers
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/06/2016
» Just like its predecessors, the Prayut Chan-o-cha government has over the past years injected large sums of cash into the rural economy, channelling a total of 143 billion baht through different forms of funds and soft loans. More recently, the cabinet on June 21 decided to revitalise the rural economy with another 45 billion baht in the form of aid schemes, subsidies and soft loans, in an attempt to assist farmers who are feeling the pinch of the worst drought in a decade and sagging prices of farm products.
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Sommai tax idea was sound -- this one isn't
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/04/2016
» The proposed land and buildings tax which will be imposed on property with an appraisal price of 50 million baht or higher attests to the fact that "fiscal reform" is just lip service.
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NSF seeks B1.5bn in new funding
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/09/2015
» The National Savings Fund (NSF) will ask for an additional 1.5 billion baht from the government to pay for the matching contributions for its members following higher-than-expected applications.
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Somkid's economic package avoids reckless populism
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/09/2015
» If Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha worries that people may mistake his 136-billion-baht economic stimulus package for populist measures such as those implemented by the previous administration, he need not do so.
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