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Escaping the debt trap
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 24/07/2017
» People with more debt payment to make monthly than what they can afford could easily get into a deeper hole without proper help and planning.
Apisak aims to allay fears over currency
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 21/07/2017
» The economic recovery remains resilient in the face of the stronger baht, with large firms able to handle the situation, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong.
KTB warns over potential debt default rise
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 20/07/2017
» Defaults of debt instruments are expected to keep rising as the fixed-income market enters the early stages of tightening from rising interest rates amid tepid appetite for such notes, says the head of KTB Securities Thailand (KTBST).
Household income fall feared
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 18/07/2017
» The Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) has expressed concerns that household spending will run out of steam with the decline in commodity prices, posing a risk to economic growth.
Bad loans still vexing SMEs
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 15/07/2017
» Soured small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) loans show no sign of declining as a lack of competitive edge and uneven economic recovery hinder debt-servicing ability, says a senior Bank of Thailand official.
UOB predicts Chinese uptick
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 13/07/2017
» Chinese direct investment into Thailand will continue to pick up, supported by current infrastructure investment and Xi Jinping's Belt and Road initiative, says United Oversea Bank (UOB).
MPC lifts economic growth, export outlook
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 06/07/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday raised its 2017 economic growth forecast slightly to 3.5% from 3.4% earlier predicted after revising up export growth to 5%, but kept the policy rate unchanged at 1.5%.
Assurance on NotPetya blitz
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 30/06/2017
» Thai financial institutions have not been affected by the crippling NotPetya ransomware attack that swept across the world recently, says a senior Bank of Thailand (BoT) official.
Household debt third in Asia-Pacific
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 27/06/2017
» Thailand's household debt was the third highest in Asia-Pacific in the third quarter of 2016, driven by the heavy load of first-jobbers' personal loans, say researchers at the central bank's think tank.
'Vocational schools will drive development'
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 22/06/2017
» What Thailand needs to escape the middle-income trap is an educational overhaul with an emphasis on vocational schools, said Surakiat Sathirathai, the former minister of foreign affairs and former deputy prime minister.