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Time to cut interest rates
News, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2025
» Thailand's economic recovery stands at a crossroads, caught between a tentative upturn and mounting risks that threaten to derail progress.
Public polled on power rates
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 12/03/2025
» The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is asking the public whether they want to continue with the same electricity rate of 4.15 baht per kilowatt-hour (unit), which is the cheapest of three options for the period from May to August.
Stroke rates on the rise
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/03/2019
» With about 50,000 people dying from stroke each year, the disease is becoming a leading cause of death among Thais, according to the Royal College of Physicians.
Treasury nears elderly unit rates
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 15/04/2019
» The Treasury Department looks set to fix residential unit prices of its initial complex for the elderly, its chief says, in an attempt to resume the project after a delay the past few years.
The battle over interest rates
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Kanana Katharangsiporn, Lamonphet Apisitniran and Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 04/03/2024
» A rift over interest rates between Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin and the Bank of Thailand, led by governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, has remained in the media spotlight for months.
Savings rates soar amid pandemic
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 10/08/2021
» Savings rates by locals at Thai and foreign commercial banks have more than doubled over the course of the pandemic, new data has revealed, with large depositors contributing the overwhelming majority of additional money.
Prayut urges steady interest rates
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 08/06/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called on the central bank to maintain its policy interest rate on Tuesday to curb a capital flight and support the domestic economy.
GSB vows steady interest rates
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/06/2022
» The state-run Government Savings Bank (GSB) will try to maintain its interest rates for as long as possible amid a rising global trend in order to alleviate the burden on its borrowers, says bank president Vitai Ratanakorn.
Rising rates won't trigger crisis
Oped, Hoe Ee Khor, Published on 09/08/2022
» Hawkish shifts in the US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy have often led to heightened financial and economic stress in emerging economies. In the early 1990s, the Fed raised interest rates preemptively to curb inflation, precipitating the 1994 Mexican “tequila” crisis. In 2013, the Fed signalled its intention to tighten monetary policy, resulting in the major emerging-markets sell-off known as the “taper tantrum”.
High rates hurt public healthcare
Oped, Serah Makka and Rosemary Mburu, Published on 14/07/2025
» May's 78th World Health Assembly (WHA) -- the annual meeting of the World Health Organization's member states -- ended on a self-congratulatory note. From an agreement on pandemic preparedness to increases in assessed contributions to the WHO, there were plenty of achievements to tout. But there was an elephant in the room, hiding behind a banner reading "One World for Health": the high borrowing costs faced by African countries.