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Govt asks central bank to manage soaring baht to aid exports
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/11/2020
» The government wants the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to temper a rally in the nation’s currency, which is threatening efforts to boost exports to balance a slump in tourism revenue, according to Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
Economy’s Covid recovery threatened by protests
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/10/2020
» Protests sweeping across Thailand threaten to snuff out chances of a consumption-led recovery from the nation’s worst-ever economic slump.
Protesters use emojis to stay ahead of police
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/10/2020
» In Thailand’s democracy, emojis and retweets are becoming the new ballots.
Cabinet agrees special parliament amid protests
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/10/2020
» The Cabinet has backed a proposal from lawmakers to convene a special session of the parliament to discuss anti-government protests that have swept the nation’s capital and other major cities in the past week.
Songkhla rubber glove factory operator soars 6,700%
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/10/2020
» The meteoric rise of a little-known Polish company that manufactures protective gloves in Songkhla provides one of the clearest examples of how the pandemic has changed the world for Warsaw equity investors.
Revised gold trading rules to shield baht due soon: BoT
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/09/2020
» The government aims to revamp the trading regime for gold by the end of the year to prevent bouts of currency strength when the precious metal climbs in value.
Baht at crossroads as economy seen bottoming out this year
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/08/2020
» The baht could be at a turning point. It’s the second-worst performing currency in Asia this year, but expectations that the economy may bottom out over the next few months is spurring some bullish bets.
BoT plan to curb baht by severing link to gold
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/07/2020
» The Bank of Thailand is considering severing the link between gold trading and the baht as one way to limit the currency’s gains without incurring criticism by the US of foreign-exchange manipulation.
Economic leadership void seen worsening uncertainty
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/07/2020
» Thailand is replacing the top two officials steering the economy through its worst crisis ever, injecting more uncertainty into the policy outlook.
Thailand’s economic outlook ‘worst in Asia’: analysts
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/07/2020
» Thailand has been cited as a success story in containing the coronavirus outbreak, having gone more than 40 days without any local transmission of Covid-19. Yet its economic outlook is the darkest in Asia.