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Central bank's MPC predicts growth, with caveats
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 12/10/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's rate-setting committee foresees further economic growth but is concerned over rising bad loans in the short term and search-for-yield behaviour increasing amid the low-interest-rate environment.
BoT chief puts focus on stability
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 19/09/2017
» Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob says the rate-setting committee must give weight to financial stability in deciding on the policy rate, in addition to short-term benefits.
TMB raises GDP forecast with caveat
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 08/09/2017
» TMB Analytics has revised up its forecast for Thailand's full-year economic growth to 3.5% from 3.3% in the wake of robust exports. But TMB Bank's research house raised concerns about the concentration of economic activity in a few large corporations.
KTB warns over potential debt default rise
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 20/07/2017
» Defaults of debt instruments are expected to keep rising as the fixed-income market enters the early stages of tightening from rising interest rates amid tepid appetite for such notes, says the head of KTB Securities Thailand (KTBST).
MPC lifts economic growth, export outlook
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 06/07/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday raised its 2017 economic growth forecast slightly to 3.5% from 3.4% earlier predicted after revising up export growth to 5%, but kept the policy rate unchanged at 1.5%.
MPC keeps rate steady, frets over bad SME loans
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 25/05/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept the policy rate unchanged yesterday at 1.5% as widely expected while voicing concerns over the debt-servicing ability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
KBank: Baht appreciation may have peaked in April
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 17/05/2017
» The baht probably reached its strongest level in mid-April and will reverse course until the end of the year, says a senior official at Kasikornbank (KBank).
BoT: Bourse outflows to be expected
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 12/05/2017
» Ongoing fund outflows from the Thai stock market are in line with the Bank of Thailand's expectations and the phenomenon is commonly seen in emerging markets, says the central bank chief.
Bank of Thailand moves to curb speculation
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 01/04/2017
» The Bank of Thailand will shave 80 billion baht from its April issuance of short-dated bonds as a means to curb baht speculation, says a senior official.
CIMB revises down 2017 growth forecast
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 23/12/2016
» CIMB Thai Bank's (CIMBT) research unit has revised down its forecast for Thailand's economic growth by 0.3 percentage points to 3.2% next year on the back of greater export uncertainties from US Present-elect Donald Trump's trade policy and China's cooling economy.