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PM pledges to end baht row
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 08/05/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra gave reassurances Tuesday that the government would find ways to resolve its differences with the Bank of Thailand (BoT) in handling the soaring baht.
Baht continues to gain
Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 10/04/2013
» The baht continued to gain strength on Wednesday, as policy makers said they would take steps to rein in the Thai currency if necessary
BoT chief not troubled by strong baht
Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/03/2013
» The Bank of Thailand has no grave concerns about the quick appreciation of the baht over the past two days, central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said on Wednesday.
Foreign funds could finance infrastructure
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/03/2013
» Local policymakers hope to finance a portion of infrastructure spending with foreign funds and encourage outward investment in a bid to ease the volatility of foreign capital flows.
Rate cut would be 'a mistake'
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 08/02/2013
» The improving global and domestic environment could compel the Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to raise the policy interest rate this year as a means of cooling down asset prices and inflation, says UBS AG.
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.
Country needs shake-up, say experts
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/11/2012
» The economy needs to find a new model of development to create sustainable growth and fairer benefits for people, say economists.
Asem presses for economic integration
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 07/11/2012
» VIENTIANE : The leaders of Asia and Europe have voiced strong determination to improve trade and investment relations, saying this will help Asia speed up development and pull Europe out of its downturn.
China seen as last, best hope
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 30/10/2012
» A simultaneous slowdown in advanced and large developing economies could drag down the world economy, but China's economic strength due to productivity offers prospects for Asian exports, say economists.
Prasarn says rate cut in line with earlier assessment
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/10/2012
» The Monetary Policy Committee's decision to cut the policy interest rate on Wednesday was consistent with its earlier assessment of rising risk from the global economy, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, governor of the Bank of Thailand.