"Interest Rate"

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is expected to maintain its key policy interest rate despite the high domestic inflation, Krungthai Bank’s market analyst, Poon Panichpibool, said on Thursday.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (May 4) raised its overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years, and the U.S. central bank's chief made an appeal to Americans to hang tough while officials take the hard measures to bring it under control.

The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday decided to maintain the policy interest rate at 0.50 per cent to support the country’s economic recovery.

The Bank of England unexpectedly raised interest rates for the first time in three years, setting aside concerns over a surge in coronavirus infections to tackle the highest inflation in more than a decade.

The Federal Reserve made its strongest move yet signaling a pivot toward tackling inflation on Wednesday, moving up the timeline for what policymakers project could be three interest rate hikes next year.

Stocks slumped after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell weighed an earlier end to bond tapering, with traders boosting their wagers on the pace of interest-rate hikes.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde renewed her pushback against market bets for an interest-rate increase in 2022 after an attempt last week left investors unimpressed.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagardes bid to drive home a commitment to ultra-loose monetary policy fell short on Thursday as investors kept alive bets for interest-rate hikes as soon as next year.

With people struggling to make ends meet in the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, Bangkok authorities are getting all state-run pawnshops to reduce interest charges for three months from July 1.

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has issued the second phase of measures to help debtors suffering from the Covid-19 impact, Ronadol Numnonda, BOT deputy governor of Financial Institutions Stability, said on Friday (June 19).

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index rose in the morning session on Thursday (March 5) by 17.36 points, or 1.26 per cent, to 1,395.97, amid hopes of a rate cut.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Thailand on Wednesday (December 18) voted unanimously to maintain the policy rate at 1.25 per cent, MPC secretary Titanun Mallikamas said.