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Central bank sets sights on balanced growth
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 23/01/2013
» The Bank of Thailand has announced a cautious approach to foreign exchange policy and the need to find a balance for monetary policy in tackling inflation and preventing an asset bubble.
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.
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.
Vientiane says sorry for broken Xayaburi ground
Spectrum, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/11/2012
» Considering the scale of the project and the controversy it has caused, the ground-breaking ceremony for the Xayaburi dam was a relatively quiet affair.
BoT reduces growth forecast
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 27/10/2012
» The Bank of Thailand has cut next year's economic growth forecast to reflect a softening domestic economy and a worse-than-expected impact from the global economic downturn on exports.
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.
Slight impact seen from QE3
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 18/09/2012
» Local regulators have remained cautious in their reactions to the US central bank's latest money-pumping measure, expecting a small impact on the baht that will in turn affect exporters.
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.
HSBC: Asian countries have a 'healthy fiscal front'
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/08/2012
» Growing trade links between Asian countries and their sound economic fundamentals will cushion them from the full impact of Europe's economic downturn, while China's economy will pick up, according to HSBC.