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Stocks surge on interest rate hopes
AFP, Published on 04/10/2022
» LONDON: Global stocks rallied Tuesday and the dollar mostly slid as weak US data sparked hopes the Federal Reserve could ease its interest-rate hiking plans.
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.
Indonesia holds key interest rate at 4.25%
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank on Thursday kept its policy rate unchanged, as expected, saying its monetary policy stance remains neutral.
US Fed leaves key interest rate unchanged
AFP, Published on 03/05/2018
» WASHINGTON: The US central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged as expected on Wednesday and at the same time signaled that policymakers were not overly concerned by the recent uptick in inflation.
Indonesia raises key interest rate to 5.75%
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time since mid-May on Thursday and unveiled plans for an instrument aimed at helping the rupiah by encouraging foreign investors to do their currency hedging onshore.
Interest rate hikes to deliver slow burn
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 17/10/2018
» Despite the prospect of higher interest rates in Thailand, borrowers across the board are unlikely to be hurt because the pass-through effect for rate hikes takes time to surface, says Kasikorn Research Centre (K-Research).
Bank rate cut to trim interest margin
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 17/05/2025
» Large local banks have lowered their interest rates in response to the Bank of Thailand's recent policy rate cut, a move that is expected to compress the banking sector's net interest margin (NIM) this year.
Finance minister keen on interest rate cuts
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/02/2025
» Interest rate cuts this year should be well-timed to support continuous economic growth, says Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira.
MPC details path to higher interest rate
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 29/11/2018
» The Bank of Thailand is set to begin raising the policy interest rate once economic growth and inflation move within their targets because financial vulnerabilities have started to become more widespread, in part because of the prolonged low interest rate.
Philippines hits pause on interest rate hikes
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/12/2018
» MANILA: The Philippine central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the first time in six meetings as inflation pressures eased and the peso strengthened.