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Extra budget to avert risks to growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/01/2016
» The Budget Bureau will set an extra stimulus budget of 70-100 billion baht to fend off downside risks to the country's growth from the global economic slowdown.
FPO upbeat on 2016 GDP growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/12/2015
» The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) is optimistic the pace of the country's economic momentum will pick up and exports will finally return to growth next year.
Tackling graft key to saving economy
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/12/2015
» The military government urgently needs to tackle corruption, rather than allowing it to escalate into a political crisis that will hinder its attempts to shore up the country's economy during a world recession.
Apisak cautiously upbeat
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/09/2015
» The economy is expected to bound back next year, but the government may need to inject more money into the economic system if the economy remains stubbornly in the doldrums, says Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong.
Export gloom to linger as global outlook stays grim
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/09/2015
» Exports are expected to continue to struggle next year due to the grimmer global economic outlook, says Nopporn Thepsithar, chairman of Thai National Shippers' Council.
New panel seeks to boost private stake
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 17/09/2015
» The Finance Ministry has set up a committee tasked with finding measures to attract more private investment, the government's latest move to revitalise the faltering economy.
Government must tread carefully with cash-injection scheme
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 03/09/2015
» By launching the emergency economic stimulus package which targets low-income people both in the city and upcountry, the government has sent out a clear message: "There is no need to worry about economic stagnation".
FPO: Stimulus set to drive growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/08/2015
» The three measures in the new economic stimulus package worth a combined 110 billion baht are expected to contribute an additional 0.4% to economic growth this year.
Details of stimulus plan bared
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/08/2015
» Cheap loan extensions by state-run banks to low-income earners are at the heart of new short-term stimulus measures aimed at countering slowing growth and revitalising the economy.
AIIB awaits Thai approval
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 19/08/2015
» Thailand's investment of 48.68 billion baht in the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will seek approval soon from the National Legislative Assembly (NLA).