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Baht appreciates to 30-month high
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 17/11/2017
» The baht rose to 32.95 versus the greenback Thursday, hitting a 30-month high, with Bank of Thailand governor Veerathai Santiprabhob saying the firmer baht is in line with regional peers, driven by the US dollar's retreat.
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KBank: Minimum 3.9% GDP growth
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 24/11/2017
» The country's economic growth is likely to expand by at least 3.9% this year and next, and bad loans have already peaked, says Kasikornbank (KBank) president Predee Daochai.
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Central bank's MPC predicts growth, with caveats
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 12/10/2017
» The Bank of Thailand's rate-setting committee foresees further economic growth but is concerned over rising bad loans in the short term and search-for-yield behaviour increasing amid the low-interest-rate environment.
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Panel keeps rate, citing flimsy demand
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 17/08/2017
» As expected, the Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept its policy rate unchanged yesterday, saying the rate remains accommodative for economic recovery because domestic demand is not sufficiently broad-based.
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BoT: Farm incomes down 2.6% in July
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 01/09/2017
» Nominal farm income registered the first contraction of the year in July, continuing to weigh down on private consumption throughout the third quarter, says a Bank of Thailand senior official.
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Household income fall feared
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 18/07/2017
» The Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) has expressed concerns that household spending will run out of steam with the decline in commodity prices, posing a risk to economic growth.
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Warning over labour act risks
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 25/07/2017
» An executive decree to regulate the employment of migrant workers and potential delays in the government's big-ticket infrastructure investment could drag on Thailand's economic growth momentum in the second half, economists caution.
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Growth expected to hold steady
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 01/08/2017
» Economic growth in the second quarter is expected to be close to the first quarter's reading of 3.3% and accelerate to 3.7% in the second half, says a senior Bank of Thailand official.
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World Bank keeps wary outlook
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 19/04/2017
» The country's underlying productivity challenges are expected to cap Thai economic growth at a mere 3.4% in 2019, the World Bank says.
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Bank loans expected to bounce back
Business, Pawee Sirimai, Published on 10/02/2017
» Commercial bank loans are expected to pick up this year as rising borrowing costs in bond market and higher private investment ramp up loan demand, after lending growth in 2016 was the slowest in seven years.
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