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BoT to consider interest rate cut
Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 12/05/2013
» The central bank would consider reducing its policy interest rate if first-quarter economic data supports such a move, Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said Saturday.
Ministry, BoT ink accord
News, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 06/05/2013
» The Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Thailand have reached an agreement on policies to curb appreciation of the baht, central bank governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said.
Prasarn warns of loan risks
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 17/04/2013
» Thai businesses could face losses from changes in foreign exchange rates if they overborrow from overseas markets in the hope of securing a relatively lower lending rate, says Bank of Thailand governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul.
Economists dismayed by baht row
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 02/03/2013
» Local economists have voiced disappointment over the most recent public debate on baht appreciation and the use of monetary policy to address it.
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.
BoT takes more personal approach in development
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 20/12/2012
» The Bank of Thailand has created strategies to become more engaged in economic development over the next five years.
Central bank chief wary of impending capital inflows
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 18/12/2012
» The financial market should brace for even more capital inflows after the US Federal Reserve adopted a new policy tieing the near-zero interest rate to unemployment and Japan's election hinted at more aggressive economic stimulus.
Prasarn: Baht to hold value
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 31/10/2012
» Thailand's flexible exchange rate should help the baht weather the liquidity glut better than Hong Kong, says the central bank's chief.
Firms must heed forex risk
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 13/09/2012
» The private sector should be more attuned to risk from foreign exchange to minimise the public sector's subsidies in the form of foreign exchange intervention, says an economic forum.
IMF lauds BoT's crisis management
Business, Parista Yuthamanop, Published on 29/08/2012
» The International Monetary Fund has credited the Bank of Thailand's inflation-targeting framework with mitigating the economic impact from the three major shocks that occurred from 2008-11.