Productivity is Key to Thailand’s Growth and Prosperity, says World Bank The Thai economy is projected to pick up moderately to 2.7 percent in 2020 as private consumption recovers and investment picks up due to the implementation of large public infrastructure projects. Thailand’s growth slowed to an estimated 2.5 percent in 2019 from 4.1 percent…
Investment promotion requests exceeded 750bn baht in 2019 BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand remained an investment destination for international investors last year, as reflected in the overall value of investment promotion requests in 2019, released by the Board of Investment (BOI) today, which exceed a 750 billion baht goal. An impressive 59% was in the Eastern Economic…
US Treasury mulls putting Thailand on its ‘watchlist’ as a currency manipulator Thailand’s trade surplus with the US has now exceeded US$20 billion. Bloomberg reports that this could trigger the Thai currency to be added to the US Treasury’s watchlist of “currency manipulators”. According to US Census Bureau data, the surplus reached US$20.05 billion in…
Thailand must start six EEC infrastructure projects this year To keep the momentum going, the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, has instructed the Eastern Economic Corridor Policy Committee (EECPC) to ensure that six key infrastructure projects in the region begin this year. The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) continues to attract more investors. Last year, the EEC…
Bank of Thailand projects 2.8% economic growth for 2020 The overall national economic growth in 2020 is now projected to be 2.8% from the anticipated recovery of the export and investment figures The Bank of Thailand has announced a 2.8% growth projection for the Thai economy in 2020 thanks to a better performing export sector.…
Thai economy’s Deceleration confirmed in November (Bot) Thailand’s economy continued on a downward trend in November with exports contracting by 7.7 percent from the same period last year According to Bot’s latest Press Release, the Thai economy continued to be on a decelerating trend in November, prompting the Central Bank to use the exact same words from its previous…
ADB Trims Southeast Asia’s growth forecast to 4.4% Southeast Asia’s growth forecast is revised down slightly to 4.4% for 2019, as economic weakening in Singapore and Thailand prompts downward adjustments to their growth forecasts The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has trimmed its forecasts for economic growth in developing Asia this year and next year as…
Thai economy continued to be on a decelerating trend (Bank of Thailand) The Thai economy continued to be on a decelerating trend in October, although private consumption indicators expanded and foreign tourist arrivals continued to expand. According to Bot latest Press Release, the Thai economy continued to be on a decelerating trend in October. The value of…
Thai Cabinet approves new economic stimulus measures The Thai government has rolled out new stimulus measures intended to boost full-year economic growth to 2.8% The Thai Cabinet today approved three new stimulus packages to prop up the softening economy, said Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana. The government expects the measures to propel full-year economic growth to…
Thai exports down 4.5% in October Thai Exports dropped by 4.5% year-on-year in October to US$20.8 billion, bringing the contraction in first 10 months of 2019 to 2.35% Logistics and transportation of Container Cargo ship and Cargo plane with working crane bridge in shipyard at sunset, logistic import export and transport industry backgroundBANGKOK (NNT) –…