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BoT takes more personal approach in development
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/12/2012
» The Bank of Thailand has created strategies to become more engaged in economic development over the next five years.
Central bank chief wary of impending capital inflows
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 18/12/2012
» The financial market should brace for even more capital inflows after the US Federal Reserve adopted a new policy tieing the near-zero interest rate to unemployment and Japan's election hinted at more aggressive economic stimulus.
Long road ahead for TPP talks
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 23/11/2012
» Experts say entering into the US-led free trade negotiations known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will be a lengthy process due to constitutional requirements.
BoT: Inflow control in danger of ebbing under TPP
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/11/2012
» The Bank of Thailand should retain the right to implement measures that manoeuvre foreign capital inflows in any negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP), says governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
China's switch will help Asian trade, says StanChart
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 06/11/2012
» Standard Chartered Bank predicts that trade and investment between Asian countries will accelerate.
Cooperation urged to beat corruption
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/11/2012
» Tackling corruption requires the participation of civil society and businesses even though a legal framework is in place, a forum was told.
MPC minutes mention local interest rate differential
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/11/2012
» The minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee's meeting on Oct 17 reveal that a lower interest rate differential between local and offshore is one reason some members voted to cut the policy interest rate.
Asian economies advised to increase productivity
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/10/2012
» The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned Asian economies to adapt to prolonged moderate global growth by improving their domestic economies and raising productivity.
State bank spending threatens fundamentals
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 26/09/2012
» Local economists have voiced concern about the government's push for specialised financial institutions to fund its stimulus programme lending while foreign capital inflows gush in thanks to monetary stimulus by large economies.
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.