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TDRI: Make foreigners hedge
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 11/05/2013
» Authorities should use capital flow management to address baht appreciation rather than wait for an interest rate cut by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), because foreign capital inflows are going to persist, says Ammar Siamwalla, an economist at the Thailand Development Research Institute.
Agencies call for bills' amendment
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 09/04/2013
» Two draft bills for the Social Security Fund should be amended to increase the government's contribution rate and improve the fund's operating cost, accountancy standards and management efficiency, say two think tanks.
Authorities play it cool
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 22/03/2013
» The Bank of Thailand and the Finance Ministry have shown great tolerance for the surge in the baht, which yesterday touched 29.09 to the US dollar, yet another post-1997 high.
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.
Wage boost only part of the solution
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 10/01/2013
» What can you do with 300 baht? That is the amount of money a worker in a Thai company is now entitled to receive following the government-mandated minimum daily wage hike.
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.
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.
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.
Asia 'slightly affected'
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/07/2012
» Asian economies are expected to be slightly affected by heightening economic risks in the euro zone and the US, say the heads of multinational agencies.
Greek election hopeful for euro
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/06/2012
» The outcome of Greece's parliamentary election on Sunday after an inconclusive first round on May 6 gave a brief respite to investors, as the two parties now preparing to form a government ran on a platform of tackling the sovereign debt crisis from within the euro zone.