BOI Announces Measures to Facilitate Investors Affected by COVID-19 Situation The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) said in a statement that it remains as committed as ever to serve the needs of investors, and announced practical measures to ensure the continuity of service to support companies The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) said in a…
Thai Cabinet approves Measures to Ease Economic Impact of COVID-19 The Thai government has approved Phase Two of a series of financial and fiscal relief measures to mitigate the negative economic impact on employers and employees in the sectors most affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 To mitigate the negative economic impact on employers and…
BOT predicts 5.3% contraction in Thai economy for 2020 Even the Thai economy, which was still maintaining respectable growth before January, is now spluttering under the siege of the Covid-19 virus. Now the Bank of Thailand has crunched some numbers and believes the Thai economy will sharply contract by 5.3% this year as the virus…
Thai restaurants and food chains switching to home deliveries A difficult time for restaurants as the government rolls out lockdowns across the country. So many of the restaurants and food chains are changing from sit in facilities to home delivery. They’re saying that they need to switch their financial strategy to stay afloat as the…
Opportunities for 2020 export growth in Thailand Despite the whirlwind of shutdowns, lockdowns and craziness descending on Thailand at the moment, the departments are still churning out numbers and trying to forecast the way ahead. They say that, due to the Thai baht weakening and massive government interventions around the world for both monetary and…
BoT says Thailand’s economy to shrink by 5.3 per cent in 2020 The Covid-19 crisis could throw Thailand into a deep recession next year according to the central bank’s latest data release. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Thai economy would contract significantly in 2020 and headline inflation would become negative, said the Bank…
Amazon cafe suspends ‘bring your own cup’ campaign Thai coffee shop chain ‘Amazon’ announced today the suspension of their promotional campaign called “Café Amazon for Earth” which was aiming to reduce plastic waste by allowing customers to bring their personal cup when buying a beverage and receive a discount of 5 baht. The company says…
Thai stock exchange pulls 30 minute circuit breaker The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) had pulled a 30 minute “circuit breaker” to suspend trade between 9:59 and 10:29am leading to a fall at 11am, when the SET fell by 78.95 points, or 7.08%, to 1,035.96. Foreign investors made net sales of 1.929 billion baht in…
Thai Airways president and Suvarnabhumi chief resign Two of Thailand’s most prominent aviation bosses have thrown in the towel, citing the Thai government’s bungling of the Covid-19 coronavirus situation. Both resignations happened yesterday. The president of Thai Airways, Sumeth Damrongchaitham, resigned yesterday afternoon. That corporate bombshell was closely followed by the resignation of the director of Suvarnabhumi…
Thailand’s Poverty on the Rise Amid Slowing Economic Growth Between 2015 and 2018, the poverty rate in Thailand increased from 7.2 percent to 9.8 percent, and the absolute number of people living in poverty rose from 4.85 million to more than 6.7 million. Thailand has successfully reduced poverty over the past three decades from over…