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No let-up for bank lending in new year
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 11/01/2013
» The banking system's lending growth will remain strong even as applications for the first-time car buyer tax rebate dissipate, say Bank of Thailand officials.
Warning on public debt
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/12/2012
» The country could save expenditures for stimulus programmes to fund social welfare and enact policies to reduce inequality and raise the skill level of the population, says the World Bank.
Location, location, location
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 03/12/2012
» Location is the most important factor for choosing property for investment but be mindful of functionality and avoid overstretching your finances, say experts.
Car scheme fuels rise in consumption
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/12/2012
» The domestic economy started gaining ground in October as more people bought cars under the government's tax waiver scheme, says the Bank of Thailand.
Long road ahead for TPP talks
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 23/11/2012
» Experts say entering into the US-led free trade negotiations known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be a lengthy process due to constitutional requirements.
Imagine that: banks record another lucrative quarter
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/11/2012
» The banking system continued its robust performance in the third quarter in line with steadily lucrative loan growth, says the Bank of Thailand.
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.
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.
Prasarn hints at cut next year
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 05/10/2012
» Lower domestic interest rates could help cushion the economy from the heavier impacts of the global downturn next year, as local inflationary pressure is likely to decline, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the Bank of Thailand governor.
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.