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Thailand's most important economic goal
Business, Daniel Witt, Published on 30/07/2024
» Any relatively new finance minister, such as Pichai Chunhavajira, comes into office facing a crowded agenda: Maintain good relations with the central bank, ensure strong revenue collections and pursue fiscally responsible policies, manage customs and excise. Keep an eye on inflation, which reached 1.54% in May but eased to 0.62% in June, and meet the joint monetary policy target agreed with the Bank of Thailand. Improve access to finance.
The case for solar power purchase agreements
Business, Daniel Gaefke, Published on 26/08/2022
» As many nations including Thailand are targeting carbon emission reductions to reach "net zero" around the middle of this century, businesses around the globe have started to pursue more aggressive renewable energy goals.
Europe Is Falling Behind on 5G Rollout, Top Companies Warn
Business, Daniel Michaels, Published on 21/09/2020
» Europe's deployment of 5G cellular-communications networks is alarmingly slow, says a lobbying group of the Continent's biggest companies, warning that Europe is far behind other regions despite being home to two of the world's top telecommunications companies.
China's economic crossroads
Asia focus, Kevin Rudd and Daniel Rosen, Published on 06/07/2020
» Back in 2013, the Chinese government laid out a policy agenda that promised real reforms to an economy laden with debt and distorted by the influence of the country's large state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector. But instead of seeing that agenda through, China chose to dodge the risks entailed in pursuing a market economy, and has since reverted to what it knows best: state control over the economy and the semblance of stability that comes with it.