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Central bank leaves interest rates unchanged
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang & Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 19/12/2024
» The Bank of Thailand has kept its policy rate unchanged at 2.25% as widely expected, following a surprise cut in October, preserving policy space amidst growing uncertainties ahead.
Ministries told to expedite investment outlay
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/09/2024
» The Comptroller-General's Department has set an ambitious disbursement target for investment budgets in fiscal 2025, aiming for 75-80% of the total investment budget.
Deal averting US default clears first hurdle
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» WASHINGTON: A deal to raise the US debt ceiling passed its first major test in Congress on Tuesday, surviving a crucial procedural vote amid a conservative backlash that resurrected the threat of the country's first-ever default.
US warned debt standoff could hit credit rating
AFP, Published on 25/05/2023
» WASHINGTON: Ratings agency Fitch put the United States on notice Wednesday that its perfect credit rating could be jeopardised if the White House and Republican opposition fail to overcome their impasse on raising the nation's borrowing limit, a week before a key deadline.
US Senate votes to advance huge infrastructure bill
AFP, Published on 29/07/2021
» WASHINGTON: The US Senate voted to advance a historic, trillion-dollar infrastructure package late Wednesday, a breakthrough after weeks of often-bitter negotiations on a bill that President Joe Biden said could "transform America."
Shall we spend?
Asia focus, Pattama Kuentak, Published on 24/05/2021
» Covid-19 has upended the life we know. The protracted global pandemic has stripped income and jobs from millions, forcing consumers to change their behaviours amid health concerns, and to reconsider how to spend their money amid an uncertain economic outlook.
Government touts stimulus packages
Business, Chatrudee Theparat and Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/03/2021
» Three key economic stimulus packages -- the co-payment subsidy scheme, the We Win financial aid programme and the Section 33 We Love Each Other programme -- are estimated to have pumped at least 250 billion baht in monetary circulation as of March 25 this year.
Sustaining Asean's investment boom
Business, Suvir Varma, Alex Boulton & Sharad Apte, Published on 09/01/2019
» Venture capital and private equity investment in Southeast Asia have soared to record levels as scores of new investors pour into the region. In 2017, the number of recorded venture capital deals rose to 524, four times the level of 2012, and private equity deal value rose 75% to US$15 billion.