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	Prayut said the 2016 budget would be 5.6 per cent higher than the 2015 budget. The prime minister added the new budget would see a deficit at the rate of 2.9 per cent of the GDP.</div>
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Fiscal 2016's budget set at Bt2.7 trillion

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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>

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<p>Nuttapakron is a Rewriter for Nation Group. He focuses on factual precision and clarity, striving to present updates that are both trustworthy and highly readable.&nbsp;</p>

Fiscal 2016's budget set at Bt2.7 trillion

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said Wednesday that the budget for the Fiscal 2016 budget has been set at Bt2.7 trillion.

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