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Bank of Thailand urged to address strong baht
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/10/2025
» Business operators have renewed calls for the Bank of Thailand to address the baht's strength, saying an exchange rate of 34-35 baht per US dollar would be more favourable for exports.
Bank of Thailand keeping an eye on rising baht
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 26/09/2024
» The Bank of Thailand insists it is committed to managing the baht's appreciation against the US dollar, with a view to easing its impact on the real economy.
Domestic factors to drive policy rate
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 21/09/2024
» The Bank of Thailand is focusing primarily on domestic factors when considering adjustments to its policy rate, rather than following the US Federal Reserve's recent rate cut, according to the governor of the central bank.
Baht volatility against the dollar exceeds regional peers
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 10/09/2024
» The baht has been exhibiting a greater degree of volatility against the US dollar than its regional peers, mainly due to market expectations of a US policy rate cut and Thailand's gold imports.
Baht set to rise against the dollar
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/08/2024
» The baht is expected to strengthen against the greenback this week, potentially reaching 33.50-33.75 baht per dollar, following its rise to the highest level in 13 months. This appreciation is largely driven by the weakening dollar, which has been impacted by the US Federal Reserve's signal of a potential rate cut next month.
Politics plays a role in baht drift
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/08/2023
» Prolonged political uncertainty is exacerbating baht volatility against the dollar as Thailand still has not formed a new government, says the head of the Bank of Thailand.
Krungsri anticipates uptick in baht volatility
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/07/2023
» Bank of Ayudhya, which markets itself as Krungsri, predicts the baht will be more volatile amid several uncertainties both internal and external.
Exploring efforts to ease dollar volatility
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 24/05/2023
» Regulations have limited growth of yuan-baht trade payment even as the central banks of Thailand and China have encouraged local currency settlement for quite some time.
BoT poised to raise rate by quarter-point
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/03/2023
» The Bank of Thailand is expected to raise its policy rate by 0.25 percentage points on Wednesday to contain inflation amid the economic recovery while trying to ease baht volatility, say economists.
BoT prepares more baht measures
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 19/11/2020
» The Bank of Thailand stands ready to implement additional measures to manage the strengthening baht under a targeted policy, on both a short-term and long-term basis.