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Foreign funds could finance infrastructure
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/03/2013
» Local policymakers hope to finance a portion of infrastructure spending with foreign funds and encourage outward investment in a bid to ease the volatility of foreign capital flows.
Economists dismayed by baht row
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/03/2013
» Local economists have voiced disappointment over the most recent public debate on baht appreciation and the use of monetary policy to address it.
BoT eases forex rules further
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 28/02/2013
» The Bank of Thailand is preparing a further relaxation of foreign exchange regulations to facilitate local firms and individuals investing abroad.
Central bank chief wary of impending capital inflows
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 18/12/2012
» The financial market should brace for even more capital inflows after the US Federal Reserve adopted a new policy tieing the near-zero interest rate to unemployment and Japan's election hinted at more aggressive economic stimulus.
Thailand braces for QE3-induced inflation
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 24/09/2012
» The expansion of Thai firms overseas and the trend towards a smaller trade surplus could help offset pressure on the baht to appreciate as a result of capital inflows stemming from new monetary stimulus by the US Federal Reserve.
Firms must heed forex risk
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/09/2012
» The private sector should be more attuned to risk from foreign exchange to minimise the public sector's subsidies in the form of foreign exchange intervention, says an economic forum.
Sovereign wealth fund not always the correct answer
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/08/2012
» Establishing a sovereign wealth fund requires a country to have healthy revenue sources and a sound management structure, otherwise it could fail as a tool for addressing foreign capital inflows and seeking a higher rate of return on assets, says Christopher Balding of Peking University's HSBC Business School.
Phatra Securities chief nixes BoT speculation
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 23/08/2012
» Supavud Saicheua, managing director of Phatra Securities, has denied he was approached by the Bank of Thailand to take up a deputy governor position.
BoT debate on monetary policy starts
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 15/08/2012
» A monetary policy debate has flared up after Virabongsa Ramangura, the Bank of Thailand chairman, questioned the central bank's inflation-targeting framework. Dr Virabongsa reasoned that in a small economy with a high degree of openness such as Thailand, global prices would determine local prices, allowing foreign exchange to to control inflation.
Regulators opt to tighten their methods
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 28/07/2012
» Worldwide financial regulators face a challenge in striking a balance between regulating the financial sector while maintaining healthy markets, says Sir Howard Davies, former chairman of UK Financial Services Authority.