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FPO: Export drop of 0.9%-plus spells doom for 3% GDP growth
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 27/09/2019
» This year's export contraction must not exceed 0.9% if Thailand's GDP growth is to reach 3%, says the Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office (FPO).
Merchants told to avoid handout hype
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 12/10/2019
» The Finance Ministry has called on modern trade and convenience store operators taking part in the cash giveaway and cash rebate schemes to refrain from conducting marketing campaigns aimed at recipients.
GH Bank readies more prize-linked savings
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/09/2019
» State-owned GH Bank plans to raise new deposits worth 30 billion baht by offering savings certificates with a price of 10 million baht per ticket to a private list next month.
State must prep 2020 budget
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 04/09/2019
» The Comptroller-General's Department has urged state agencies with investment budgets to prepare a procurement process in advance to speed up fiscal 2020 budget disbursement once the budget law comes into force.
Budget spending surpasses state target
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 22/08/2019
» Public investment budget disbursement has surpassed the target by three percentage points for the 10 months through July, according to the Comptroller-General's Department.
Uttama buys time to consider Fetco proposal
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 08/08/2019
» The Finance Ministry remains undecided on a new investment fund that provides income tax savings, as proposed by the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco).
GH Bank savings certificates looking heavily oversubscribed
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 06/08/2019
» State-owned GH Bank's savings certificate, with a ticket price of 1 million baht each, is expected to be oversubscribed by up to 85%.
Good governance sorely lacking at state-run banks
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/07/2019
» During parliamentary debates on the Prayut Chan-o-cha government's policy statement, scheduled for tomorrow and Friday, the state-run Krung Thai Bank's (KTB) 9.9-billion-baht loan scandal will likely be taken up by the opposition targeting one cabinet member, Finance Minister and Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) leader Uttama Savanayana. When the loan was approved in 2003, Mr Uttama was an executive board member of the bank.
Facebook's Libra may qualify for withholding tax
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 28/06/2019
» Facebook's Libra traders will be liable for a 15% withholding tax if the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) identifies the stablecoin as a digital asset, says the head of the Revenue Department.
Cheaper loans offered for single financial accounts
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/07/2019
» The state-owned Small and Medium Enterprise Development Bank (SME D Bank) is offering the country's lowest-rate loan at 3% interest to SMEs that use a single financial account, aimed at encouraging compliance with the scheme.