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ASEAN needs to strengthen economic health screenings
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 05, 2023
ASEAN needs to strengthen regular and thorough economic health screening, according to Kouqing Li, director of the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO).
Thai imparts macroeconomic management
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017
THE LAO government now has some takeaways from Thailand’s experiences on macroeconomic management as it gets set to promote more socioeconomic development, says a senior Thai economist.
ADB, China’s new AIIB vow to cooperate on development
TUESDAY, MAY 03, 2016
AS PRESIDENT of the newly formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Jin Liqun might be looked upon as an alien at the annual meeting of the Asia Development Bank in Frankfurt, given the ostensible institutional rivalry between the two regional developm
IMF sees 3% GDP growth
TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2016
THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund pegs Thailand’s GDP growth at 3 per cent this year and 3.2 per cent in 2017 after the economy recovered last year, with gross domestic product expanding by 2.8 per cent.
5 sectors ‘face tough year’
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015
The shrimp, petrochemical, automobile, hypermarket, and residential and hotel business sectors are all expected to face further difficult challenges next year, according to Kasikorn Research Centre.
Political risks could outweigh external effects on Thai economy, S&P expert says
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
Political risks, including the delay in completing the new constitution, could overshadow external risks facing Thailand, according to Kimeng Tan, senior director of sovereign and international public finance ratings, Asia-Pacific, of Standard & Poor's R
Fiscal Policy Office supports plan to stimulate grass-roots economy
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2015
The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) agrees with the new Council of Economic Ministers' plan to stimulate the grass-roots economy by putting money into the hands of low-income earners via the Village Fund scheme as it will create a multiplier effect that will b
Govt to revive Otop and Village Fund schemes
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015
The government will revive the One Tambon One Product (Otop) scheme to kick-start the grassroots economy while boosting multiple business and industrial clusters with new incentives, according to deputy premier Somkid Jatusripitak.
Aid domestic consumption, govt told
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015
The government cannot do much about the seventh back-to-back month of contraction in exports, as the global economy is mired in molasses, but it can help the country's economy by doing more to boost domestic consumption, the Federation of Thai Industries
Tourism strong enough to expand economy by 3%
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2015
THE ECONOMY will be able to expand by more than 3 per cent in 2015 as tourism is still going strong, the Council of Economic Ministers has maintained.