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Rice scheme seen playing favourites
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/11/2012
» Experts have yet again voiced concerns about the government's resolute intention to continue the costly paddy pledging programme, saying it will ruin the position of Thai rice in the world market, open the sector to corruption and undermine fiscal discipline.
Obama win continues status quo
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 12/11/2012
» The ability of US President Barack Obama and Congress to negotiate a fiscal adjustment will become the most prominent market factor in the weeks ahead now that his re-election ensures the status quo of his financial and fiscal reforms.
China's switch will help Asian trade, says StanChart
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 06/11/2012
» Standard Chartered Bank predicts that trade and investment between Asian countries will accelerate.
BoT seeks aid for poor debtors
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/11/2012
» The Bank of Thailand will ask banks and non-bank operators to cooperate in curbing the debts of low-income households because defaults are increasing, says governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
Cooperation urged to beat corruption
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/11/2012
» Tackling corruption requires the participation of civil society and businesses even though a legal framework is in place, a forum was told.
MPC minutes mention local interest rate differential
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/11/2012
» The minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee's meeting on Oct 17 reveal that a lower interest rate differential between local and offshore is one reason some members voted to cut the policy interest rate.
BoT: Wait six months for pickup as world turns corner
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/11/2012
» Economic growth decelerated from July to September as exports and private investment moderated and flood renovations finished, the Bank of Thailand says in its latest economic report.
Prasarn: Baht to hold value
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 31/10/2012
» Thailand's flexible exchange rate should help the baht weather the liquidity glut better than Hong Kong, says the central bank's chief.
China seen as last, best hope
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 30/10/2012
» A simultaneous slowdown in advanced and large developing economies could drag down the world economy, but China's economic strength due to productivity offers prospects for Asian exports, say economists.
Ageing not so gracefully
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/10/2012
» Thailand should have started promoting savings and improving the workforce's capacity to earn higher wages earlier, as the number of elderly will soon rapidly increase, says a research group.