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Nation urged to play to its strengths
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/12/2025
» Thailand must recalibrate its strategic positioning to remain competitive in the evolving global landscape, concentrating only on sectors where it offers true strengths, rather than spreading its efforts across many industries as in the past through the 10-cluster policy, according to an economics analyst.
Call for Thai budget rejig
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/04/2025
» Last year, for the first time in a decade, Thailand surpassed Malaysia in the IMD World Competitiveness Center's global rankings, coming in second in Southeast Asia behind Singapore, which retained the top spot at the regional level and was ranked as the world's most competitive economy.
Government Housing Bank offers mortgages for LGBTQ+ couples
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/02/2025
» The Government Housing (GH) Bank, a state financial institution specialising in mortgages, is committed to supporting the government's policy on gender equality, launching a loan programme tailored for LGBTQ+ couples.
Debt office lines up sustainability-linked bond for 2025
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 10/12/2024
» The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) plans to issue a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) worth 100 billion baht next year to offset the government's budget deficit.
Retirement lottery to the rescue
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/07/2024
» It is alarming that nearly half of the country's workforce, comprising 37.5 million people, lacks a retirement savings plan.
Agency eyes budget fund bottleneck
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/03/2024
» The Comptroller-General's Department is addressing the bottleneck in accelerating budget disbursement, aiming to push budget funding into the economy more swiftly in fiscal 2024.
NESDC issues warning on welfare spending surge
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/11/2023
» The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has warned the government that the fiscal gap is starting to narrow due to the expansion of the state welfare budget, said secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan.
Budget spending sped up
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/07/2023
» The Comptroller-General's Department plans to expedite the disbursement of state investment budgets in the last quarter of fiscal 2023 because they have been below target the past three quarters, says comptroller-general Kulaya Tantitemit.
Defining the goals of zero-based budgets
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/06/2023
» Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) is one of the policies included in the 23-point memorandum of understanding signed by leaders of eight political parties seeking to form a new coalition government following the general election.
NESDC demands discipline
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/05/2023
» The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has warned the new government to strictly maintain financial and fiscal discipline as it will affect foreign investors' confidence in the Thai economy, says secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan.