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Costs of cutting capital inflows are worthwhile
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/05/2013
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Tuesday issued a clear message that it wants to help stem the appreciation of the baht by discouraging foreign capital inflows, rather than cutting interest rates.
Retail clients drive 14% loan growth
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 12/02/2013
» The banking system recorded 14% loan growth last year with an acceleration of retail lending but a slowdown of corporate lending, according to the Bank of Thailand.
Bad mix: Politics, baht, and BoT
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 07/02/2013
» Thailand, like other developing economies, is doggypaddling to sustain herself and avoid being swept away and drowned in a rising ocean of liquidity. This is inevitable. In the global economic downturn, we too must bear the scars.
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.
Warning on public debt
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/12/2012
» The country could save expenditures for stimulus programmes to fund social welfare and enact policies to reduce inequality and raise the skill level of the population, says the World Bank.
Rice pledging sows trouble for our future
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/12/2012
» There is no need to cite any polls or indices. But the censure debate that did little more than cause the government to shrug its shoulders is further evidence that Thai democracy has not made much progress.
MPC divided on rate cut
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/09/2012
» The Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) stance on the need for an interest rate cut appeared to be divided in the Sept 5 meeting, despite their assumptions on the worsening impact of the global economy on exports, the minutes revealed.
Economists slam government policies
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/07/2012
» Leading economists expressed concern the government's paddy mortgage project is ineffective in addressing the wealth gap and is leading to significant losses of fiscal resources.
Floods still loom large in economic outlook
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/01/2012
» The recent widespread flooding has severely rocked confidence in Thailand's economy and changed investors' long-standing perception of the country as disaster-free.