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SME lending scheme for wary banks
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/07/2015
» The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has floated the idea of allowing the state-owned Government Savings Bank (GSB) to provide cheap loans to commercial lenders, which in turn would make loans to small businesses.
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B133bn boost to budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/07/2015
» The government will include a 133-billion-baht investment plan for the construction of electric train routes, roads and water management in the 2016 fiscal year starting Oct 1.
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Village Fund scheme set to reach B500bn in decade
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/04/2015
» The combined assets of the Village Fund scheme is expected to double to 500 billion baht in 10 years, a level comparable with small banks.
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Indirect corruption robs quality of life
Oped, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/04/2015
» If the Thai economy can be likened to an aeroplane, it is flying with some engines in trouble.
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U-turn on savings fund
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 26/11/2014
» The Finance Ministry is reviving plans to establish the National Savings Fund (NSF).
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Makkasan to be new commercial district, says Finance Ministry
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 01/11/2013
» The planned commercial development of a plot in the Makkasan area owned by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) may push land prices nearby to outpace those on Silom Road, one of Bangkok's most expensive streets, said Naris Chaiyasoot, director-general of the Treasury Department.
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How our political landscape became stuck in an ice age
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/11/2013
» For much of the past decade, our political agenda has seemingly been frozen in the past. Rather than debate where we are and where we want to go, the focus of the country's main political parties can be simplified into two diametrically opposing positions: How to bring Thaksin Shinawatra home on one hand, and how to erase his influence from policymaking once and for all on the other.
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Tame inflation may keep rate in check next year
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 18/11/2013
» Inflation is expected to remain subdued next year and unlikely to lead to an interest rate hike, says the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
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Spending 'will shield economy'
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 31/01/2013
» Thailand must move forward with basic infrastructure investment to help buffer the country from short-term shocks in the global economy, according to Ekniti Nitithanprapas, deputy director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
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Long-needed overhaul for rail system
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 21/01/2013
» Some 90% of the 2.2-trillion-baht infrastructure investment programme will be devoted to upgrading the country's rail system, says Somchai Sujjapongse, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office.
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