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Analyst urges narrower interest rate spread
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/09/2025
» The new governor of the Bank of Thailand is being urged to prioritise narrowing the spread between lending and deposit interest rates, which is the highest in Southeast Asia, while also managing the baht to align with regional currencies.
Ministry prepares next phase of debt suspension
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/02/2024
» The Finance Ministry plans to launch the second phase of a three-year debt suspension scheme for farmers in April, says Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornvivat.
Arkhom advocates policy normalisation
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/08/2022
» It is time Thailand's fiscal and monetary policies returned to normal, said Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith.
10m register for purchase co-payment
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 29/10/2020
» The half-half co-payment scheme has registered 10 million people, with total accumulative spending tallied at 1.3 billion baht.
Panel extends application deadline for BoT chief to July 10
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/06/2020
» The committee searching for the next Bank of Thailand governor has decided to extend the application deadline to July 10 after determining that the number of external applicants was too low.
New MoU aims to sideline rulebreakers
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/05/2019
» The Government Pension Fund (GPF) plans to join forces with several large institutional investors to ban hoarding of shares of listed companies whose executives break the law or are involved in irregular trading behaviour.
Thailand seeking to crack World Bank top 20 ranking
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 16/01/2018
» Thailand could crack the top 20 of the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking for 2019 after it managed to jump to 26th-most business-friendly nation in the 2018 ranking, says Prime Minister Office Minister Kobsak Pootrakool.