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Panel puts flood income loss at B30bn this month
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 04/12/2025
» The private sector estimates the deadly floods in the South have caused income losses of 20-30 billion baht, weighing on GDP growth in the final quarter of this year.
Banks post modest increase in profits
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/10/2024
» The banking sector reported a modest increase in profits for the first nine months of 2024, driven by gains in both interest and fee income, while continuing to allocate substantial reserves for loan losses in preparation for heightened uncertainties.
Mortgage bad-debt rate climbs
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/08/2024
» Lower-income homebuyers have struggled to repay mortgages following an uptick in interest rates, leading to a significant increase in housing non-performing loans (NPLs) during the second quarter of this year.
Central bank unfazed by headline inflation
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/11/2021
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) expects high headline inflation to be short term and will not pressure monetary policy and the economic recovery.
BoT clarifies loans under debt restructuring scheme
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 10/10/2019
» The Bank of Thailand insists that banks, under the new financial accounting standard, can extend fresh working capital loans to commercial loan defaulters who are in the debt restructuring process without loan-loss provision requirements for the new loans.
BoT holds at 1.5%, signals future shift
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 09/08/2018
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) left its policy rate unchanged as expected yesterday but said that the necessity of accommodative monetary policy is subsiding, adding to signs that a shift to a neutral stance is just around the corner.