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Central bank pledges no baht intervention unless necessary
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 27/09/2012
» The Bank of Thailand will intervene in the foreign exchange market if the baht moves too much out of line with the economy or regional currencies.
BoT: QE3 could cause trouble
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/09/2012
» The US Federal Reserve's new monetary stimulus will create problems for small economies by limiting currency volatility and ensuring an orderly increase in asset prices, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the Bank of Thailand's governor.
Thailand braces for QE3-induced inflation
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 24/09/2012
» The expansion of Thai firms overseas and the trend towards a smaller trade surplus could help offset pressure on the baht to appreciate as a result of capital inflows stemming from new monetary stimulus by the US Federal Reserve.
The gender jackpot
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/09/2012
» There must be something more than intelligence and shrewdness that made Warren Buffett an icon to investors the world over, seeing him through any number of tumultuous business cycles, panics and doubts on the Wall Street.
FPO urges overseas rejig
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 14/09/2012
» The government is gearing up to encourage local firms to invest abroad, led by a package of taxes created by the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO), with other incentives provided by other state agencies, say Finance Ministry officials.
Firms must heed forex risk
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/09/2012
» The private sector should be more attuned to risk from foreign exchange to minimise the public sector's subsidies in the form of foreign exchange intervention, says an economic forum.
IMF lauds BoT's crisis management
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/08/2012
» The International Monetary Fund has credited the Bank of Thailand's inflation-targeting framework with mitigating the economic impact from the three major shocks that occurred from 2008-11.
Sovereign wealth fund not always the correct answer
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 25/08/2012
» Establishing a sovereign wealth fund requires a country to have healthy revenue sources and a sound management structure, otherwise it could fail as a tool for addressing foreign capital inflows and seeking a higher rate of return on assets, says Christopher Balding of Peking University's HSBC Business School.
BoT commits to targeting framework
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 18/08/2012
» The Bank of Thailand's concept of targeting inflation using interest rates remains the most suitable framework for the country, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the central bank governor.
BoT debate on monetary policy starts
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 15/08/2012
» A monetary policy debate has flared up after Virabongsa Ramangura, the Bank of Thailand chairman, questioned the central bank's inflation-targeting framework. Dr Virabongsa reasoned that in a small economy with a high degree of openness such as Thailand, global prices would determine local prices, allowing foreign exchange to to control inflation.