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Standing its ground
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 03/01/2013
» The Pheu Thai Party-led government's rice pledging scheme has faced a barrage of criticism among pundits, who have come up with several versions of calculated losses that will later become public debt.
Domestic consumption may shore up growth
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/10/2012
» Thailand's spending programmes may help boost consumption and ease the impacts from weak exports but the effects would not last long, warns the Asian Development Bank.
Exports dip 5% in August
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/09/2012
» The impact from the downturn in the global economy was more apparent in Thailand's August exports, which in turn dampened import and manufacturing numbers, says the Bank of Thailand.
ADB scoffs at rice cartel suggestion
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/09/2012
» Massive global supply will prevent rice prices from soaring even as Thailand continues its paddy pledging and India restricts its exports, says the Asian Development bank.
Purchasing power predicts purple patch for 2012
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/09/2012
» Consumer purchasing power strengthened in July and should continue doing so, a promising trend that will ease the impact from the global economic downturn, says the Bank of Thailand.
Manufacturing reboot paces May exports
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 30/06/2012
» Industrial manufacturers got back to work quickly after the floods, leading exports to improve in May, says the Bank of Thailand's economic report.
TDRI: Learn your market
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/06/2012
» The Commerce Ministry and the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) are studying strategies for improving the country's key exports in expanding markets.
Populism overload
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 24/05/2012
» The World Bank urged the government to scale down spending programmes, which will in turn improve its fiscal capacity to invest in basic foundations to cope with the protracted sluggish world trade.
Thai rice loses price competitiveness
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/05/2012
» Thai rice exports fell by 63% year-on-year in March as the government rice mortgage programme pushed prices well above competitors such as India and Vietnam, according to a senior Bank of Thailand official.
Central bank sees solid growth to come
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/02/2012
» The Bank of Thailand expects the economy to grow by 4.9% this year to reflect a rebound in investment and consumption after last year's floods.