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Thailand’s deflation streak and deadly floods pile pressure on rate cut
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/12/2025
» Thailand’s consumer prices fell for the eighth straight month, heightening pressure on the central bank to cut its policy rate for a fourth time this year.
Thailand GDP misses estimates, growing 1.2% in third quarter
Bloomberg, Published on 17/11/2025
» Thailand’s economy slowed more than expected last quarter, hurt by softer factory output and foreign tourist arrivals.
Cabinet okays B1.6tn investment budget for state firms
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 15/10/2025
» The cabinet has approved an investment budget of 1.6 trillion baht for state enterprises in fiscal 2026, which is expected to lift GDP growth by 0.3 percentage points.
Thai inflation stays negative, paves way for rate cut
Bloomberg, Published on 06/10/2025
» Thailand saw inflation dipped below zero for the sixth straight month, likely giving the central bank an impetus to cut interest rates this week.
Vietnam posts fastest growth since 2022 as factories rev up
Bloomberg, Published on 06/10/2025
» Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated at the fastest pace in three years in the third quarter, with manufacturing and business activity cushioning the economy against higher tariffs that took effect early August.
Fitch cuts Thailand’s outlook to negative
Bloomberg News and Online Reporters, Published on 24/09/2025
» Fitch Ratings has downgraded Thailand’s credit rating outlook to negative from stable, citing rising risks to public finances from prolonged political uncertainty and weakening growth prospects.
Vietnam's credit splurge risks fuelling asset bubbles, government warned
Reuters, Published on 11/09/2025
» HANOI - Vietnam's breakneck credit expansion may fuel asset price bubbles, prominent academics of the Southeast Asian nation warned its lawmakers last week, documents showed.
Thai growth forecast receives upgrade
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 19/08/2025
» The government's planning unit has raised the median estimate of Thailand's GDP growth forecast for this year to 2%, from an earlier estimate of 1.8%, citing greater clarity on US President Donald Trump's tariff policy.
Thailand warns of hit from US tariffs even as growth beats forecast
Bloomberg, Published on 18/08/2025
» Thailand’s top economic council called for urgent structural reforms as exports are threatened by US tariffs, even after second-quarter growth surpassed estimates on a rush by businesses to ship goods to beat the new levies.
Thailand’s growth beats as exports counter domestic weakness
Bloomberg, Published on 18/08/2025
» Thailand’s economy expanded faster than expected in the second quarter as exports gained ahead of the imposition of higher US tariffs, helping counter slowing tourism and a generally moribund domestic economy.