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Central bank puts off policy rate decision
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 14/05/2013
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is unlikely to hold a special meeting on the policy interest rate, and will wait to assess first-quarter economic data before deciding whether it needs to be cut.
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Prasarn warns on credibility loss
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 10/05/2013
» The central bank's failure to maintain credibility in the financial markets could push up the government's borrowing costs for its 2-trillion-baht infrastructure project, Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul says.
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PM pledges to end baht row
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 08/05/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gave reassurances Tuesday that the government would find ways to resolve its differences with the Bank of Thailand (BoT) in handling the soaring baht.
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Ministry, BoT ink accord
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 06/05/2013
» The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Thailand have reached an agreement on policies to curb appreciation of the baht, central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said.
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Costs of cutting capital inflows are worthwhile
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/05/2013
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday issued a clear message that it wants to help stem the appreciation of the baht by discouraging foreign capital inflows, rather than cutting interest rates.
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Transport loan fails to win people's trust
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/04/2013
» Thailand desperately needs to upgrade its rail system. Nobody can refute that. Yet public opinion is mixed on parliament's endorsement of the government's mammoth borrowing plan.
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We're all in for trouble unless we learn to save
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 07/03/2013
» Apart from a promise to make Bangkok a more liveable megacity, the campaign promises of Sukhumbhand Paribatra, now governor-elect, and his former arch-rival Pongsapat Pongcharoen, are interesting as they reflect the national economic condition.
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BoT votes 6-1 to keep interest rate unchanged
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 21/02/2013
» Analysts do not expect the Bank of Thailand to cut the interest rate this year amid growing confidence in the country's economic outlook.
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Bad mix: Politics, baht, and BoT
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 07/02/2013
» Thailand, like other developing economies, is doggypaddling to sustain herself and avoid being swept away and drowned in a rising ocean of liquidity. This is inevitable. In the global economic downturn, we too must bear the scars.
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Wage boost only part of the solution
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 10/01/2013
» What can you do with 300 baht? That is the amount of money a worker in a Thai company is now entitled to receive following the government-mandated minimum daily wage hike.
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