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Grim economic outlook in Thailand if an Omicron outbreak drags on for months

December 28, 2021
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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Thai economists have expressed concern that an outbreak of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, if it drags on for a long period, will severely impact Thailand’s economic growth. Amornthep Jawala, assistant…

A nurse prepares a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Tlaquepaque, Mexico, on March 8, 2021. (Photo by ULISES RUIZ / AFP)

Vaccines, US stimulus boost global GDP forecast: OECD

March 9, 2021
by Tulip Naksompop Blauw
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The OECD sharply raised its 2021 global growth forecast on Tuesday as the deployment of vaccines and a huge US stimulus programme have greatly improved economic prospects. The Paris-based Organisation…

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Finance Ministry to adjust growth rate in April in light of virus outbreak

February 28, 2020
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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Thailand’s Finance Ministry will adjust the country’s growth rate projection for 2020 in April in the wake of several negative factors, including COVID-19 outbreaks in several countries, which have started…

Central bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 1.25 percent

December 19, 2019
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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The Bank of Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) agreed unanimously on Wednesday to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.25%, after its assessment that economic growth will be less…

World Bank puts Thailand’s 2019 GDP growth at 3.8 percent

April 24, 2019
by jeerapas@thaipbs.or.th
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The World Bank has cut Thailand’s growth rate projection this year to 3.8% from 3.9% compared to last year’s 4.1% GDP due to export growth slowing to 5.7% from last…

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Somkid confident of 4-4.2 percent growth rate for 2018

January 7, 2019
by PhatpornS
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Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak is confident that Thailand’s economy for the year 2018 would grow between 4-4.2 percent, citing several economic indicators which have shown sign of improvements. In…

Growth rate for 3rd quarter drops but to rebound in last quarter: NESDB

November 19, 2018
by Kitipat Chuensukjit
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Economic growth rate for the third quarter was registered at 3.3 percent – down from 4.6 percent during the second quarter, but the growth rate for the fourth quarter is…

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