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Six years to settle rice debt
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 09/06/2014
» It could take at least five or six years to settle the estimated loss and interest burdens incurred from the Yingluck Shinawatra administration's flagship rice-pledging scheme, according to a Finance Ministry source.
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BAAC: All farmers will be paid
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 11/04/2014
» The last rice farmer will receive his payout this year even if the government cannot borrow money to pay off the overdue 100 billion baht, says the head of the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC).
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FPO set to cut GDP growth forecast
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 02/12/2013
» The Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) remains uncertain whether economic growth this year will reach 3% following the mounting political tensions.
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Taking stock of rice woes
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 24/07/2013
» The rusted metal door rolls upward with a groan, as if reluctant to give up its secrets. The light rays entering the dark cavern flicker with haze and dust mites, and our nostrils wrinkle from the musky odours that assault our senses.
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Citing spending, FPO hikes forecast
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/03/2013
» The Finance Ministry's Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) has raised this year's GDP growth forecast to 5.3% from 5% on the back of solid domestic consumption, healthy private investment and big government spending.
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Bond curbs on agenda
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/05/2013
» The Bank of Thailand plans to set a minimum period for Thai bond holding by foreigners and impose a fee for investment in the debt market to curb capital inflows and rein in the baht, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Kittiratt Na-Ranong said.
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Water management project faces hurdle
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 07/05/2013
» The government's 350-billion-baht water management project could breach the anti-corruption law, which requires reference prices for government construction projects, a source at the Finance Ministry's Comptroller-General's Department said.
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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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'Eat more rice' policy is a better way to go
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 25/10/2012
» No doubt, Commerce Minister Boonsong Teriyapirom knows many things that we don't. Fair enough. Policy-makers have their own reasons on what to keep behind closed doors and what should be discussed in public.
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FPO sees 5.2% growth in 2013 with stimulus
Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 30/10/2012
» Economic growth in 2013 is projected at 5.2%, assuming public investment projects move forward as planned, according to the Fiscal Policy Office.
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