Impact Exhibition Management is hoping its revenue will reach 70% of 2019 levels this year with support from local events and international visitors in the second half, as it plans new exhibition centres using a 6-billion-baht budget. Paul Kanjanapas, chief executive of Bangkok Land, the operator of Impact Exhibition Management, said the majority of Mice […]
Read MoreDespite mounting pressure from high oil prices, the Commerce Ministry has found the prices of certain products such as pork are declining. Speaking after a war room meeting to supervise the prices of essential products and address inflation, commerce permanent secretary Boonyarit Kalayanamit said the overall price situation remains unchanged, though some items such as […]
Read MoreThe baht opened at 32.87 to the US dollar on Wednesday, strengthening from Tuesday’s close of 32.93. The Thai currency is likely to move between 32.80 and 33.00 during the day, Krungthai Bank market strategist Poon Panichpibool predicted. Poon said the baht was likely to swing sideways before US inflation results from its Consumer Price […]
Read MoreThe Finance Ministry is considering the Federation of Thai Capital Market Organizations’ (Fetco) proposal to extend the waiver of the transaction tax for stock trades because reimposing it can cause trading costs to increase by 70% for general investors and 170% for foreign investors. The tax has been waived since 1991, but the ministry plans […]
Read MoreExports are expected to rise by 5% in the first quarter from a year earlier, helped by a global economic recovery, the Thai National Shippers’ Council said on Tuesday. For 2022, the group maintains its export forecast at a 5% to 8% rise, the group said in a statement. Exports rose 17.1% in 2021. The […]
Read MoreThailand’s unemployment rate eased in the fourth quarter of last year, and bachelor’s degree holders still maintain the highest unemployment rate, according to the latest survey by the National Statistical Office. Piyanuch Wuttisorn, director-general of the National Statistical Office, reported on Monday 630,000 workers were left unemployed in the fourth quarter of last year, representing 1.6% […]
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