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Thailand’s GDP growth forecast to drop this year from 2.8% to 1.6% due to COVID-19

April 22, 2021
by Nad Bunnag
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Thailand’s economic growth rate projection for this year is expected to shrink from to 1.6%, from 2.8%, due to the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest…

A Bitcoin digital currency ATM shop in Marseille, southern France, on January 8, 2021. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)

Cryptocurrency gains momentum in Thailand, across globe

April 4, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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Proponents of cryptocurrency are celebrating after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reached a conclusion on how to regulate trading of the asset in Thailand. “Very glad to see this…

Phuket tour bus operators seek government help after a year of unemployment

March 24, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Tour bus operators on Thailand’s resort island of Phuket are asking for help from the provincial administration after being sued for missing their lease repayments, with some facing bankruptcy, due…

Cabinet approves asset warehousing scheme to help debt-ridden businesses

March 23, 2021
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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The cabinet approved financial measures today (Tuesday), worth 350 billion baht, to help financially-troubled businesses overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The financial package includes 250 billion baht in…

Thai government lists three types of business which will reopen first

April 29, 2020
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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As the COVID-19 situation in Thailand gradually improves, the National Infectious Disease Committee has approved the limited reopening of three types of business. The first are businesses which provide life’s…

OPEC to try to stem oil price plunge amid coronavirus slowdown

March 3, 2020
by Kasipat Wongvitayakamjorn
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The OPEC club of oil-producing countries meets Thursday in Vienna as they weigh how to react to a sharp drop in global oil demand due to the outbreak of the…

Income inequality, debt, climate change and plastic waste the main issues – BOT governor

July 24, 2019
by administrator
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Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob, in his speech entitled “Formulating for the Future of Corporate Governance”, delivered at the Finance and Beyond National Director Conference 2019 in Bangkok today…

“Unequal wealth distribution, graft among major challenges facing Thailand”

July 23, 2018
by administrator
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Unequal wealth distribution is one of the most pressing problems facing Thailand with the richest one percent owning more than half of the total household wealth while entrenched corruption is…

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