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MPC edgy but maintains rate
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 04/04/2013
» The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) yesterday voiced stronger concern over the brisk trade in property and equities and the surge in bank credit but still kept its policy interest rate unchanged at 2.75%.
Authorities play it cool
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 22/03/2013
» The Bank of Thailand and the Finance Ministry have shown great tolerance for the surge in the baht, which yesterday touched 29.09 to the US dollar, yet another post-1997 high.
BoT votes 6-1 to keep interest rate unchanged
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 21/02/2013
» Analysts do not expect the Bank of Thailand to cut the interest rate this year amid growing confidence in the country's economic outlook.
Bad mix: Politics, baht, and BoT
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 07/02/2013
» Thailand, like other developing economies, is doggypaddling to sustain herself and avoid being swept away and drowned in a rising ocean of liquidity. This is inevitable. In the global economic downturn, we too must bear the scars.
Baht sizzles amid new year inflows
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/01/2013
» A surge in short-term foreign investment has strengthened the baht rapidly since the beginning of the year, but regulators and analysts expect the fast pace to ease soon.
MPC minutes mention local interest rate differential
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 01/11/2012
» The minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee's meeting on Oct 17 reveal that a lower interest rate differential between local and offshore is one reason some members voted to cut the policy interest rate.
Prasarn says rate cut in line with earlier assessment
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 19/10/2012
» The Monetary Policy Committee's decision to cut the policy interest rate on Wednesday was consistent with its earlier assessment of rising risk from the global economy, says Prasarn Trairatvorakul, governor of the Bank of Thailand.
Thailand braces for foreign cash influx
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 21/09/2012
» Analysts expect the baht to appreciate in the short term with the US Federal Reserve's new round of debt purchases and the continuing debt crisis in Europe.
MPC: Asia not immune to crisis
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 10/08/2012
» Worries about the European sovereign debt crisis and weakening demand following a bounce in the wake of last year's floods led the discussions among members of the Monetary Policy Committee at its last meeting.
BoT: US$140 Dubai crude not a threat
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 14/03/2012
» The Bank of Thailand said yesterday the current price of oil will not drive inflation forward, leading analysts to believe the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will not increase the policy interest rate from 3% when it meets later this month.