Bank cuts Thai 2020 GDP growth outlook to 2.7% SCB’s Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) has released its latest growth forecast, at 2.7 percent, showing a slow recovery from just 2.5 percent economic growth in 2019 SCB’s Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) has released its latest forecast, indicating that the Thai economy at the end of 2020…
Moody’s outlook for APAC corporates remains negative in 2020 Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report that overall credit conditions for APAC non-financial companies will weaken in 2020 • While positive, the US-China trade agreement will not resolve core differences, dampening business sentiment globally • Easing fiscal and monetary policies by major central banks…
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…
Bank of Thailand (BOT) orders banks to revise interest rates and fees Bank of Thailand (BOT) has ordered commercial banks to revise their interest rates, and the fees they charge for their financial products and services including ATM and debit card fees Good news for the general public and SMEs as the Bank of Thailand…
Moody’s Sets APAC Sovereigns Outlook to Negative for 2020 19 of Moody’s 25 rated APAC sovereigns have stable outlooks, while four have negative outlooks and two have positive outlooks Moody’s Investors Service says in a new report that its outlook for APAC sovereign creditworthiness in 2020 is negative, underpinned by slower economic growth, a turbulent…