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Thai baht under watch
News, Editorial, Published on 03/02/2026
» As Thailand heads to the polls this Sunday, the campaign trail has been crowded with promises of wage hikes, subsidies and generous domestic giveaways. Yet last week, a far more sobering message arrived from Washington. The US Treasury has placed Thailand back on its currency monitoring list, a move that carries implications well beyond a routine financial assessment.
Baht bets rising
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/12/2025
» Re: "BoT measures to halt rapid baht uptick", (Business, Dec 5).
Present from Putin
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/03/2025
» Re: "Putin call 'a test' of deal-making skill", (World, March 19).
The US dollar is a problem for everyone
Oped, Hippolyte Fofack, Published on 20/08/2024
» In 1971, US Treasury Secretary John Connally famously told his counterparts in the G10 that "the dollar is our currency, but it's your problem". Connally was being unexpectedly candid about the fact that, even though the greenback was the world's main reserve currency, its foremost purpose was to advance US interests.
Why the US can't win trade war with China
Oped, Qiyuan Xu, Published on 22/05/2024
» Allegations about China's manufacturing overcapacity have sparked heated discussions among policymakers. During her visit to China in April, US Treasury Secretary Janet L Yellen reportedly argued that "when the global market is flooded by artificially cheap Chinese products, the viability of American and other foreign firms is put into question", adding that it was the same story a decade ago.
Is Thailand a manipulator?
News, Editorial, Published on 22/10/2018
» The Thai economy dodged a bullet last week, and not many people noticed. Newspaper headlines, when they appeared at all, noted the US government opted not to label China as a currency manipulator. The attention to China is understandable, given the existing and escalating "trade war" instigated by President Donald Trump. But most accounts of the biannual report of the US Treasury Department failed to note that the top target as a currency manipulator wasn't China, but Thailand.
Gay rights and trends in global culture
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/09/2018
» Is there really such a thing as a global culture? Consider gay rights.