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Doom or data?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/03/2025
» Re: "The economy is waiting to hit an iceberg", (Opinion, March 20) & "UBS boosts Thai stocks with upgrade", (Business, March 20).
The economy is waiting to hit an iceberg
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 20/03/2025
» This is not a scene from the 1997 film Titanic. On the evening of April 14th 1912, a small Canadian fishing boat, skippered by a French-Canadian captain called "Jacques-Chai", approached the Titanic wanting to convey a very important message to Captain Edward Smith. The message was that there was a sea of icebergs, one was particularly big, about 200 miles ahead.
Rate cut helps the BoT, not the economy
Oped, Chartchai Parasuk, Published on 06/03/2025
» On Feb 26, the Bank of Thailand's (BoT) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cut its policy interest rate by 0.25%, lowering it to 2.0%.
Korea martial law lessons for Thailand
Oped, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 10/12/2024
» Last week, South Korea experienced a titanic political shift when President Yoon Suk-yeol imposed martial law late on Tuesday night. The move lasted just over six hours before it was lifted, making it one of the shortest-lived martial law declarations in modern political history. It was lucky because it started late at night and ended early in the morning. Had it occurred during the day, the outcome could have been very different.
COP27 meet: A case of the glass being half full
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/11/2022
» As after every climate summit, the air is filled with shouts of rage and despair. What was agreed was unclear and inadequate, and what was left undecided or simply ignored was vast and terrifying. For example, they still haven't managed to agree that the world needs to stop burning fossil fuels.
No middle way
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/10/2022
» Re: "Coming out swinging", (BP, Oct 23), and "New parties present faint flicker of hope", (Opinion, Oct 22).
Obscene rich list
Oped, Postbag, Published on 10/07/2021
» Re: "Thailand's richest 2021 list", (BP, July 9).