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  • BUSINESS

    Bonds halt gain on Fed stimulus exit

    Bloomberg News, Published on 31/10/2014

    » Thailand's five-year bonds halted a seven-week run of gains and the baht declined after the Federal Reserve ended its bond-buying programme, damping demand for emerging-market assets.

  • GENERAL

    Clarity on Fed hikes may drive gold up to $2,050 per ounce

    Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 14/09/2023

    » The price of gold could rise as high as US$2,050 per ounce from $1,910 at present as soon as it becomes clear that the US Federal Reserve has finished its interest rate hike cycle, which is likely to happen next year, says the World Gold Council (WGC).

  • OPINION

    Soft power sells best when not force-fed

    Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 07/08/2023

    » South Korea knows how to sell its products. Apart from K-entertainment, the country has also popularised K-merchandise through pop culture. From fried chicken and ramyeon cup noodles to egg drop sandwiches and soju, instant coffee and dietary supplements, we have seen countless products from South Korea in series and movies successfully create a huge customer base in Thailand.

  • OPINION

    Farangs fed up

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/07/2022

    » Re: "Irked by dual pricing", (PostBag, July 12).

  • BUSINESS

    Investors heartened as fed ends rate suspense

    Business, Published on 20/03/2017

    » Recap: Investors were treading cautiously ahead of last week's US Federal Reserve meeting when the US central bank raised its benchmark interest rate as expected, but their appetite improved after Chair Janet Yellen's comments suggested a more gradual pace of monetary tightening this year. The Thai stock market joined the global rally as the wild swings in trade of Group Lease (GL) eased.

  • BUSINESS

    Investors pause before Fed decision; oil woes persist

    Business, Published on 12/06/2017

    » Recap: Global stock markets moved cautiously last week as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's policy rate decision this week. Falling oil prices amid concern over rising supply from the US and Nigeria also exacerbated market sentiment. The Thai stock market moved in a very tight range on a dearth of positive factors.

  • BUSINESS

    Share trade subdued after long-expected Fed move

    Business, Published on 19/06/2017

    » Recap: Asian stock markets traded cautiously earlier last week as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's rate decision. A rout in US technology stocks later in the week also dampened market sentiment. The Thai stock market still moved in a rangebound trade amid a lack of positive news.

  • BUSINESS

    Mixed Fed rate signals spook stock investors

    Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 02/11/2015

    » Recap: Global stock markets edged down last week after the US Federal Reserve suggested that an interest-rate increase was still possible before the end of this year. The news triggered a substantial sell-off by foreign investors in emerging markets in Asia.

  • OPINION

    Fed up power base forces PM to repent

    News, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 19/01/2016

    » It must have taken an exceptionally strong force to make a feisty character like Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha flinch.

  • OPINION

    Force-fed film belongs deep in dark vaults

    News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 13/12/2014

    » Strange things have happened at the cinemas. First, Hitler showed up in a Thai short film sponsored by the government (meaning by taxpayers), the radioactive gatecrasher into a party of virtuous citizens. Second, another Thai film featuring, among other things, a joke about the anal cleft — it's funny as long as it's not your anal cleft — is raking in a huge amount of money at the multiplexes, likely surpassing the 100-million-baht mark as you're reading this, which is after just four days of release. Cinema enlightens, even in the dark forest of swastikas and bodily bergschrunds.

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