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Rate cut would be 'a mistake'
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 08/02/2013
» The improving global and domestic environment could compel the Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise the policy interest rate this year as a means of cooling down asset prices and inflation, says UBS AG.
Prasarn chides Kittiratt over letter to MPC
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 07/02/2013
» Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul has reaffirmed that monetary policy in the past has not contradicted the government's mission of driving economic growth.
Kittiratt adds pressure
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 06/02/2013
» The government has stepped up calls for the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to reduce the policy interest rate and ease pressure on foreign capital inflows and the baht.
Prasarn: Long-term stability is my priority
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/02/2013
» Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul has reaffirmed that the central bank's stance on monetary policy is to focus on long-term sustainability, not to serve a short-term focus or single objective.
Regulation of inflows needed
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/01/2013
» The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expected Asian economies to consider measures to manage capital inflows as an alternative in dealing with an influx of short-term foreign capital unleashed by economic stimulus measures of high-income economies.
TDRI urges state to focus on productivity
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 26/01/2013
» The Thailand Development Research Institute has proposed that the Yingluck Shinawatra administration focus on improving productivity in the service and manufacturing sectors over the next decade to boost economic growth and avert public debt crisis.
Developing growth slows as FDI ebbs
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 24/01/2013
» Developing economies are starting to receive more foreign investment after the economic doldrums in the US and euro zone curtailed outlays in May and June last year, says the World Bank.
Central bank sets sights on balanced growth
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 23/01/2013
» The Bank of Thailand has announced a cautious approach to foreign exchange policy and the need to find a balance for monetary policy in tackling inflation and preventing an asset bubble.
BoT raises full-year forecast
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/01/2013
» The Bank of Thailand has unveiled a more positive economic growth forecast for this year, expecting the government's tax rebates on cars, income tax reduction and wage hike to boost consumption and investment in machinery and factories.
B2-trillion transport plan goes to cabinet next month
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 18/01/2013
» The government's large-scale plans for transport facilities are nearing parliamentary consideration, just as companies are calling on the government to implement an urgent overhaul of the education system.