The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has increased its total car production target this year to 1.55-1.6 million units, fuelled by good export prospects, although the third wave of the pandemic is expected to deal a blow to the domestic car industry. Toyota Motor Thailand had to close its factory for at least three days […]
Read MorePaiboon Nalinthrangkurn, chairman of the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations (Fetco), has urged the government to accelerate economic stimulus and temporarily raise the public debt ceiling to 70-75% of GDP, or borrow an additional 800 billion to 1 trillion baht to help the country weather the pandemic. He said the Thai economy could slip […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 32.88 to the US dollar on Friday, weakening from Thursday’s closing rate of 32.86. The Thai currency is likely to move between 32.80 and 32.95 during the day, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool said. Poon said the baht was unlikely to strengthen anytime soon due to the worsening Covid-19 situation […]
Read MoreMANILA – The Philippines has tightened restrictions in the community and at the borders, as it confirmed the start of a new wave of Covid-19 infections – this time fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. The government on Friday (July 23) announced that its travel ban would now include Malaysia and Thailand. It has already denied entry […]
Read MoreThe Bank of Thailand (BoT) has discussed with relevant authorities to seek ways to lower the country’s household debt, starting from co-operatives and student loans with a target to expand to cover farmer loans next year. The country’s household debt is made up of financial sources and loan sources, including those that are not under […]
Read MoreThe worsening pandemic situation and plunge in advertising budgets are expected to drive down media spending this year with a 4% year-on-year contraction to 72.1 billion baht — a critical situation for the industry, according to Media Intelligence (MI), a creative and media planning agency. “The government’s tough measure to curb Covid-19 infections and a […]
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