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Team to probe money flows linked to baht
Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 22/09/2025
» A special team has been established to investigate money flows potentially linked to baht movements, with operations set to begin immediately after the new government is sworn in.
SET gains momentum amid orderly rotation
Business, Bualuang Securities, Published on 20/09/2025
» Thai shares have been gaining momentum since early September, with the benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand index climbing above 1,300 points amid an orderly rotation involving key sectors including banking, commerce, tourism, electronics and energy. This was in contrast to the recent downturn, when investors did not immediately enter new sectors after unloading stocks, while some also built short positions.
Here’s the few foreign markets set to win on Trump’s return
Bloomberg, Published on 03/02/2025
» Not every country’s financial market is suffering fallout from Donald Trump’s return to the White House — and money managers say relations with the United States are playing a growing role in deciding where to invest.
New government, new hopes for the SET
Business, Tisco Securities, Published on 12/09/2023
» Swings were heavy on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in August after the Move Forward Party failed to form a government and subsequently stepped aside for the Pheu Thai Party to lead a coalition.
China's two traps
Asia focus, Keun Lee in Seoul, Published on 21/03/2022
» When Deng Xiaoping launched China's strategy of "reform and opening up" in 1978, economists in the West had their doubts. In their view, a vibrant market economy was fundamentally incompatible with China's authoritarian political system.
Asia's climate optimism
Asia focus, Christine Loh, Pamela Mar, Peter Seligmann and Lin Xu in Hong Kong, Published on 22/02/2021
» Optimism is in the air in Asia, where the new Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership has brightened prospects for a post-pandemic recovery and a revival of multilateralism. Even more promising, there is growing regional agreement on the need to address climate change.
Party intrigue polls poorly
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Lamonphet Apisitniran & Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 08/06/2020
» The recent resignations of executive members of the main coalition party suggest an imminent shake-up in incumbent ministerial positions, with the Finance and Energy ministries in the spotlight.
Moody's follows stable refrain
Business, Published on 23/04/2020
» Moody's Investors Service has become the third credit rating agency to downgrade Thailand's sovereign credit rating outlook to stable from positive, attributed to "deep economic shock" from the Covid-19 outbreak and existing political tensions.
US Senate approves new North American trade deal
AFP, Published on 17/01/2020
» WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to approve a new North American trade pact, handing President Donald Trump a second trade win in as many days just as his impeachment trial was set to begin.
Jokowi's new team
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 04/11/2019
» President Joko Widodo embarked on his second term with an inaugural speech that offered Indonesians a dream that their country would become one of the world's top five economies by 2045. The lineup of his new cabinet speaks volumes about his sharpened focus on spurring business and economic growth.