Thai central bank has reasons but no room to ease policy We have cut our view of Thailand’s GDP growth in 2Q20 to -12.8% from -8.3% and in full-year 2020 to -6.6% from -5.4%. The Bank of Thailand has all the more reasons to ease but no room left to do so at the meeting…
Thai banks slash growth forecast around 2% Thai growth may be around 2% or less, said two major Thai commercial banks and a senior official of the Bank of Thailand. Several major Thai banks have drastically reduced their GDP growth forecast for 2020 citing the coronavirus epidemic, drought and fiscal delays. The coronavirus epidemic, the…
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 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…
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…
SCB cuts GDP growth forecast to 3.1% The EIC has revised downwards its Thai economic expectations in 2019 to 3.1 percent from 3.3 percent, largely as a result of the trade war between the United States and China Bangkok, (NNT) – Government investment remains the main factor in steering the economy as the trade war…
Bank of Thailand Holds Key Rate as It Warns of Currency’s Gains The Bank of Thailand left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight meeting, while at the same time downgrading its economic growth outlook and raising concerns about the strong currency. The Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to hold its key rate…
Asian real estate and US interest rates Continued upward movements of US interest rates are starting to impact Asian real estate markets in a number of ways Economic conditions in the US continue along a path of steady improvement, with the latest GDP growth rate of 4.1% (annualized), signifying the strongest rate of growth in…
World Bank Slashes Thailand’s 2019 GDP Growth to 3.8 Percent The World Bank projected Thailand’s economic growth rate at 3.8 per cent this year, down from 4.1 per cent in 2018, and 3.9 per cent next year. BANGKOK – A World Bank senior economist for Thailand has trimmed its projection for Thailand’s economic growth this year…
World Bank cuts Thailand’s growth rate projection to 3.8% Growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) is projected to soften, while growth rate in Thailand is expected to be slightly lower in 2019 Growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) is projected to soften to 6.0 percent in 2019 and 2020,…