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Set flirts with 1,600 as central banks stay busy
Business, Published on 01/12/2014
» Recap: China's surprise interest rate cut, the first in more than two years, and speculation about further stimulus by the European Central Bank (ECB) propelled the run-up in Asian stock markets last week. The buying spree in tax-saving equity funds as the year-end approaches buoyed the Thai bourse which briefly surpassed 1,600 points.
Asian markets extend gains
Published on 04/12/2014
» HONG KONG — Asian markets rallied for a third straight day Thursday following another record close on Wall St, as investors cheered an upbeat report on the economy from the US central bank.
Year in Review
Asia focus, Published on 29/12/2014
» Asia rose to new heights in 2014 despite the many challenges that beset the region. Headline-making developments ranged from China dethroning the United States as the world's largest economy, subject to vigorous debate as that may be, to the tragic mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Owe what a feeling
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 09/03/2015
» The rapid accumulation of household debt seen in Asia over the past five years has triggered concerns about the prospect of a financial crisis similar to the one in 2007 caused by the bursting of the housing bubble in the United States.
Asian central banks are forever blowing bubbles
Published on 13/06/2015
» Recent years have seen reams of research on the role of central banks in inflating asset-price bubbles. The latest developments in Asia suggest that more may be coming.
Yuan devaluation boosts Chinese shares
AFP, Published on 11/08/2015
» HONG KONG - Asian shares were mixed on Tuesday, with Shanghai and Hong Kong boosted by news China's central bank is devaluing its currency while other regional markets fell.
Prasarn: Let market forces drive baht
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 17/08/2015
» The Bank of Thailand would let market mechanisms determine the baht's value rather than weaken it despite pressure from the recent yuan devaluation.
Global shares sink in bad case of China syndrome
Business, Published on 11/01/2016
» Recap: The new year got off to a miserable start as China suspended share trading twice, the yuan slid to a five-year low, and weak manufacturing and services data in the world's second-largest economy rattled traders everywhere including Thailand.
Scotiabank shelves TBank divestment
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 07/09/2016
» Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), Canada's third largest lender by assets, has shelved plans to sell up to a 49% stake in Thanachart Bank (TBank) because of the fragile global economic recovery, according to a source in the banking circle.
Recovery on course
Asia focus, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 21/11/2016
» Asia Pacific is expected to remain on a macroeconomic recovery path supported by stabilised economic conditions in China and relatively low exposure to "external asymmetrical shocks", says Swiss banker Peter Rosenstreich.