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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/12/2012
» There is no need to cite any polls or indices. But the censure debate that did little more than cause the government to shrug its shoulders is further evidence that Thai democracy has not made much progress.
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 11/10/2012
» One comment I keep hearing from business executives, economists and government officials who are concerned about our collective well-being is that we seriously need to improve our economic capabilities.
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 12/07/2012
» It has been a tumultuous first year for Christine Lagarde, as European nations seek to contain a sovereign debt and banking crisis that threatens to undermine the entire global economy.
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/01/2012
» The great flood of 2011 has already cost the country plenty, both in terms of lives and property. Could the next casualty be Thailand's long-term economic health?