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Declining prices set to ease Oil Fuel Fund Office's burden
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 06/11/2025
» Global crude oil and gas prices are expected to keep falling next year, easing the financial burden of the debt-ridden Oil Fuel Fund, says the Oil Fuel Fund Office (Offo).
Asian shares advance on rate-cut optimism
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/06/2024
» RECAP: Asian stocks revived as central banks in the euro zone and Canada began their rate easing cycles this week, adding to expectations that the US Federal Reserve could soon follow suit.
Asian shares recover on hopes for policy support
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 01/06/2024
» RECAP: Asian stocks recovered on Friday after a three-day selling streak, boosted by a decline in US Treasury yields and weakness in the dollar amid optimism for more policy support after disappointing economic data from the US, China and Japan.
Red Sea tension, US inflation weigh on trade
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 13/01/2024
» RECAP: Equity markets in Asia were mixed yesterday as the escalating conflict in the Red Sea region sent oil prices surging, while slightly higher-than-expected US inflation data did not dent investors' views on early and aggressive rate cuts in the US and Europe.
Transition blueprint mapped
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 25/08/2022
» State energy agencies and energy companies are looking forward to a new version of the national energy plan (NEP), which is expected to be unveiled during Sustainable Energy Technology Asia 2022.
SGP reports rapidly rising sales of LPG
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 02/06/2022
» SET-listed Siam Gas and Petrochemical (SGP), Thailand's second-largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) trader by volume, expects its 2022 sales to increase towards pre-pandemic levels, partly due to pre-orders and the improving Covid-19 situation.
Equities steady after a week of inflation-fed worries
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Pornkamon Teerapiboonkun, Published on 14/05/2022
» Recap: Global stocks regained some ground on Friday after a turbulent week triggered by concerns over surging inflation, aggressive rate hikes and slowing economies.
Oil's threat to recovery
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 14/02/2022
» Entrepreneurs feel they cannot continue to maintain stable prices of goods much longer as soaring energy costs are making waves across the board, dealing a blow to both emerging businesses such as delivery services as well as laggards like tourism.
Three headwinds for the global economy
Business, Piyasak Manason, Published on 23/10/2021
» In the past few months or so, several headwinds have emerged in the world economic arena. We have seen a sharp increase in commodity prices, including natural gas, crude oil, and coal, which has reached US$240 a tonne from about $70 last year. The result has been an electricity generation deficit in the biggest emerging economies such as China and India.
LPG prices spark optimism for SGP
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 07/09/2021
» SET-listed Siamgas and Petrochemical (SGP), Thailand's second largest liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) trader by volume, expects its revenue to reach a new high this year despite lower sales than in 2019, thanks to high global LPG prices.