What goes up must come down – the battle of the baht Newton’s law looms over the Thai baht. Meanwhile, the Thai baht continues to be the best performing currency in Asia. The Thai currency is riding a 6-year high against the USD and, this year, has surged 8% against the US currency. But the strong…
Bangkok Tops Mastercard’s Cities Index For The Fourth Consecutive Year Bangkok remains the No. 1 destination, with more than 22 million international overnight visitors, but Dubai tops the list for spending. The Global Destination Cities Index—which ranks 200 cities based on proprietary analysis of publicly available visitor volume and spend data—reveals that Bangkok remains the…
Thailand’s soaring baht reaches six-year high In early 2019, the BOT did not seem concerned about the Thai baht’s appreciation, as a strong currency can actually benefit Thai importers and those who have foreign currency debts The Thai baht has been the best performing currency in emerging Asia since 2018. On a year-on-year basis, it…
Thai Baht currency control mulled by central bank The Industry Minister proposed measures to help business owners, such as the promotion of Thai Baht as a currency for international trade to reduce the risks from US Dollar currency fluctuation BANGKOK, 15th August 2019 (NNT) – The Minister of Industry has held talks with the Bank…
Thailand’s dangerous debt addiction Thailand is now a top-ten highest household debt country among 89 countries worldwide and third highest among 29 Asian countries. Thailand’s household debt has steadily increased to 78.6% of the country’s gross domestic products (GDP), or Bt12.8 trillion in the fourth quarter of last year, according to figures from the National…
Thailand’s four challenges : Debt, inequality, plastics and climate change Thais tended to get into debt faster, for longer and for higher amounts. Indebtedness starts as soon as they begin to work at age 25 and can increase until 56 years old. Bank of Thailand Governor Veerathai Santiprabhob, in his speech entitled “Formulating for the…
BOT cuts key rate from 1.75 to 1.50 percent The Thai economy was expected to expand at a lower rate than previously assessed and below potential due to the slowdown of trading partner economies and global trade For the first time since 2015, the Bank of Thailand cut its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, by…
Aspire Set to Become First SME Neobank in Southeast Asia with US$32.5 Million Raise The recent financing has been led by Mass-Mutual Ventures Southeast Asia with participation from Silicon Valley’s Arc Labs and existing investors Y Combinator, Hummingbird and Picus Capital. SINGAPORE, August 1st 2019. Y Combinator backed Aspire, who is on a mission to…
Moody’s updates rating on 11 Thai banks Moody’s Investors Service has taken rating actions on 11 Thai banks, upgrading the Baseline Credit Assessments (BCA) of six banks (1) Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (BBL), (2) Bank of Ayudhya (BAY) (3) CIMB Thai Bank Public Company Limited (CIMBT) (4) Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIMT) (5) Government…
Moody’s changes Thailand’s rating outlook to positive from stable The affirmation of Thailand’s Baa1 ratings reflects the country’s very strong public and external finances that provide Thailand significant room to counter shocks. Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) has today changed the outlook on the Government of Thailand’s issuer ratings to positive from stable and affirmed the…