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Inflation target left untouched
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 20/10/2017
» The Bank of Thailand will maintain its inflation target band of 1-4% for next year on expectations that inflation will fall back to the lower band by mid-2018, says governor Veerathai Santiprabhob.
Central bank's MPC predicts growth, with caveats
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 12/10/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's rate-setting committee foresees further economic growth but is concerned over rising bad loans in the short term and search-for-yield behaviour increasing amid the low-interest-rate environment.
TMB raises GDP forecast with caveat
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 08/09/2017
» TMB Analytics has revised up its forecast for Thailand's full-year economic growth to 3.5% from 3.3% in the wake of robust exports. But TMB Bank's research house raised concerns about the concentration of economic activity in a few large corporations.
BoT: Farm incomes down 2.6% in July
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 01/09/2017
» Nominal farm income registered the first contraction of the year in July, continuing to weigh down on private consumption throughout the third quarter, says a Bank of Thailand senior official.
MPC keeps rate steady, frets over bad SME loans
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 25/05/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy rate unchanged yesterday at 1.5% as widely expected while voicing concerns over the debt-servicing ability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
ADB predicts 3.5% Thai growth
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 21/04/2017
» The Thai economy is expected to expand by 3.5% based on an export recovery and domestic public spending this year, with momentum set to continue next year, raising growth to 3.6%, says the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Official: Baht surge fits fundamentals
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 21/03/2017
» The strengthening baht is in line with the economy's fundamentals and no intervention by the central bank is needed, says a high-ranking finance official.
Outflows surge on US rate rise signal
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 08/03/2017
» Hot money will keep flowing out of Thailand's bond market in anticipation of a US Federal Reserve rate hike this month, says a Maybank economist.
Thai economy set to hold steady
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 04/01/2017
» The Thai economy looks poised for modest growth in 2017 as domestic strengths are expected to cushion larger downside risks from external headwinds, the central bank and economists say.
CIMB revises down 2017 growth forecast
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 23/12/2016
» CIMB Thai Bank's (CIMBT) research unit has revised down its forecast for Thailand's economic growth by 0.3 percentage points to 3.2% next year on the back of greater export uncertainties from US Present-elect Donald Trump's trade policy and China's cooling economy.