Economy

The Department of International Trade Promotion has aggressively increased its activities, emphasising …[More]

Consumer confidence retreated for the first time in seven months in April mainly because of the baht’s …[More]

Political pressure on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) mounted as the baht shot to a 16-year high …[More]

The baht’s movements have not been justified by economic fundamentals, and the real effective exchange …[More]

The Bank of Thailand should consider exports the top priority in ensuring continued economic growth …[More]

China’s affluent cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen will raise their minimum wages by 19 per cent in …[More]

Possible bubble in property market remains a worry, Kittiratt says; most funds flowing into bonds …[More]

Private consumption and investment, which are the country’s two main economic driving forces …[More]

The country’s labour-protection schemes have hardly reached informal workers and farmers. …[More]

Thailand may take action to tame capital inflows if the baht advances to 28 per US dollar, but they would …[More]

Food shipments are unlikely to meet this year’s target because the strong baht is putting more pressure …[More]

Trade ministers attending the recent meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum vowed to …[More]

The Federation of Thai Industries will submit a letter today to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, Bank …[More]

The Bank of Thailand is expected to convince its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) in their meeting on …[More]

The baht’s strengthening is causing the Commerce Ministry to fear that it will miss its target for returning …[More]

The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 reshaped both the banking and corporate sectors through a restructuring …[More]

The baht yesterday weakened to above 29 to the US dollar, while offshore investors pulled their money out …[More]

The Bank of Thailand has come up with another measure to balance capital flows, which, coupled with …[More]

Thailand will carefully consider four sensitive issues under the talks for a Thailand-European Union …[More]

The differences between the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Thailand (BOT) over baht management are …[More]

Bankers have thrown their support behind the current interest-rate policy, while pointing to capital …[More]

The Asia-Pacific region has surpassed the rest of the world in its consumption of materials and will continue …[More]

Almost 10 per cent of enterprises could close down this year if the baht strengthened to 27-27.9 against …[More]

The government admits exports may fall in the second quarter on the back of continued pressure from the …[More]

The cabinet yesterday approved a plan to run a budget deficit of 1.9% of GDP or 250 billion baht for fiscal …[More]

Paiboon Kittisrikangwan, an assistant governor of the Bank of Thailand, conceded that the baht had …[More]

The Bank of Thailand is widely expected to take action soon to rein appreciation of the baht as its “excessive” …[More]

Nearly 100 export companies went out of business in the first three months of the year after the baht started …[More]

More than half of top executives believe that the trend of Thai economic growth in the second quarter will …[More]

The private sector will submit a letter today asking the Bank of Thailand to cut the interest rate from 2.75% …[More]