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Bank of Thailand needs to communicate
News, Editorial, Published on 29/04/2024
» Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin's decision to meet key figures from Thailand's major commercial banks to discuss the possibility of cutting interest rates last week raised a lot of eyebrows. It was highly unusual for a prime minister to appeal directly to commercial banks to change interest rates, as the nation's financial institutions generally follow the rates prescribed by the Bank of Thailand (BoT).
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Economists predict reduction by mid-year
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 11/04/2024
» The Bank of Thailand is expected to start cutting the policy rate before mid-year as inflationary pressure has eased following six consecutive months of prices contracting, while the economy is underperforming, according to economists.
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Conscription panic isn't the debate Europe needs
News, Published on 06/04/2024
» 'The French are all soldiers and must defend their homeland." So decreed the 18th-century law that made military service mandatory in France, until the end of the Cold War banished it to the history books and replaced it with a kind of glorified recruitment day -- which I dutifully attended as a teenager and promptly forgot about. Nobody under the age of 45 in France has forcibly worn army fatigues or picked up a weapon, including Emmanuel Macron.
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K-Research expects central bank to stay the course on rates
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 04/04/2024
» Despite growing market anticipation of monetary policy easing, Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research) is ruling out the possibility of a Bank of Thailand (BoT) policy rate cut at its April 10 meeting amid growing concerns about a weakening baht.
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Asian shares rise after Wall Street advances
Business, Published on 30/03/2024
» RECAP: Shares in Asia rose yesterday following gains on Wall Street, which closed out a stellar quarter ahead of a holiday on Friday. Benchmarks in Japan, South Korea and mainland China all edged higher, while the US dollar firmed after hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official.
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Global equity income touted on Fed rate move
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 29/03/2024
» The Federal Reserve is expected to cut US interest rates 2-3 times this year starting from its June meeting, making global equity income a promising investment, says London-based Newton Investment Management.
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Unity is Europe's greatest asset
Oped, Published on 28/03/2024
» With the June European Parliament elections fast-approaching, the grand coalition of the European People's Party (EPP), the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D), and Renew Europe faces a watershed moment.
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Gucci’s China shock reverberates across luxury landscape
Published on 24/03/2024
» Fears of a slowdown among Chinese shoppers have dogged the luxury industry for the better part of a year. Last week the scale of the problem hit home for one of fashion’s biggest but most exposed brands, Gucci.
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Asian investors take profits after upbeat week
Published on 23/03/2024
» RECAP: Most Asian equity markets slipped yesterday on profit-taking after a big rally the day before, but Japan's Nikkei closed at an all-time high, underpinned by record gains on Wall Street overnight, strength in automakers' stocks and a weaker yen.
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More baht depreciation
Business, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 20/03/2024
» The baht is expected to slide further after falling below 36 to the US dollar on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan opted to hike the interest rate for the first time in 17 years, which failed to help Asian currencies.
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