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	The measure is aimed at restoring confidence and reducing wasted funds. The budget for 2015 is 2 per cent higher than for 2014.</div>
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	The Nation</div>

Agencies asked to be cautious in spending

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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%">Nongluck is a senior economic journalist covering the macroeconomics, real estate, and corporate investment strategies driving growth across Thailand and Southeast Asia</span></span><span lang="TH" style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Angsana New&quot;,serif">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

Agencies asked to be cautious in spending

Junta chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha on Friday asked all relevant agencies for cooperation in ensuring careful spending under the approved budget for fiscal 2015 so that total expenditure did not exceed Bt2.75 trillion.

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