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Time to cut interest rates
News, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2025
» Thailand's economic recovery stands at a crossroads, caught between a tentative upturn and mounting risks that threaten to derail progress.
Pushing banks towards green finance
News, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Published on 02/10/2024
» In an earlier article in this space, I mentioned that "the Bank of Thailand should integrate [Thailand] taxonomy into its reporting and disclosure regulations for the financial sector, as the EU has done, because the public scrutiny of activities in the banking sector can and should be part of the learning process on the journey towards greener finance".
Experts assess fallout from Move Forward Party ruling
News, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 01/02/2024
» The Constitutional Court ruling should not affect government stability or the tourism industry, according to Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) president Chamnan Srisawat.
Virus, fragile labour market threaten economy in 2021: BoT
News, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 31/12/2020
» The global Covid-19 pandemic, combined with a fragile labour market, pose as pertaining risks for the economic recovery in 2021, says the Bank of Thailand.
Why is the world economy slowing?
News, Fazil Irwan Som, Published on 23/06/2020
» According to Bank of Korea's figures for 2019, South Korea's household debt is rising by an estimated US$100,000 (3.1 million baht) every minute, amounting to a whopping US$1.7 trillion today. Every day, more than 100 South Koreans are declared bankrupt. Meanwhile, the government's debt has skyrocketed to a total of US$693 billion, increasing by 111 trillion won (2.83 trillion baht) in just six months in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.