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Prasarn warns of loan risks
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/04/2013
» Thai businesses could face losses from changes in foreign exchange rates if they overborrow from overseas markets in the hope of securing a relatively lower lending rate, says Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
By all accounts, his heart is in the arts
B Magazine, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 31/03/2013
» Chirathep Senivongs Na Ayudhaya, or Art, as friends and colleagues call him, is far from a stereotypical banker. Instead of talking economics, we found him discussing the arts, travel, fine dining and writing.
Fitch: Public debt commitment key
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/03/2013
» The upgrade of Thailand's credit rating reflects the government's clearer stance of keeping the public debt target by reducing money spent on either the rice subsidy programme or government official welfare, says Fitch Ratings.
Balanced role of banks, bourse sought
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 11/03/2013
» Policymakers expect the banking system and the capital market to play a coordinated role in financing a surge in the domestic investment cycle.
BoT eases forex rules further
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 28/02/2013
» The Bank of Thailand is preparing a further relaxation of foreign exchange regulations to facilitate local firms and individuals investing abroad.
Central bank pledges no baht intervention unless necessary
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 27/09/2012
» The Bank of Thailand will intervene in the foreign exchange market if the baht moves too much out of line with the economy or regional currencies.
FPO urges overseas rejig
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 14/09/2012
» The government is gearing up to encourage local firms to invest abroad, led by a package of taxes created by the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), with other incentives provided by other state agencies, say Finance Ministry officials.
Prasarn points out economic potholes
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 31/05/2012
» The growing economic crisis in the euro zone and brewing domestic political risk could both act as an anchor dragging down the Thai economy over the next few years, warned Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the governor of the Bank of Thailand.
BoT gives sneak peek of its 2012 balance sheet
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 21/05/2012
» The Bank of Thailand recorded 133 billion baht in operating losses in 2012, compared with 117 billion in 2011, its balance sheet shows.
Central bank works to temper baht rise
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 12/03/2012
» The Bank of Thailand has created strategies to temper appreciation of the baht including rule adjustments to aid outbound investment by businesses using foreign currencies.