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BoT not reacting to Fed rate cut
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has no plan to call an emergency meeting following the US Federal Reserve’s weekend decision to cut its policy rate to zero.Other central banks have also cut rates in unscheduled policy announcements in a concerted bid to blunt the impact ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
Thai government planning more economic stimulus packages
Economists have urged the government to expand the fiscal deficit to up to 600 billion baht, while more stimulus packages are hopefully on course to counter the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand.Secretary to the Council of Economic Ministers, Kobsak Pootrakool, says that the ...
Oil prices drop amid Covid-19 concerns
Oil prices dropped due to market uncertainty amid the spreading Covid-19 virus, an energy situation analyst at Thai Oil said today (March 17).Prices dropped as markets were concerned that a global economic recession would emerge again in this dire Covid-19 situation as a number of ...
The Nation Reporter
Thai economic outlook among Asia’s weakest
Thailand is preparing to restrict some aspects of daily life after the country’s biggest spike in coronavirus cases, further damaging one of Asia’s weakest economic outlooks.The steps to be considered Monday include placing more curbs on foreign arrivals, cancelling events with big crowds and closing ...
Mask shortage 'baffling'
The prospect of the Covid-19 outbreak turning into a “Stage 3” full-blown epidemic in Thailand is deepening worries over the dire shortage of face masks.Though the Commerce Ministry’s Internal Trade Department (ITD) has placed controls on domestic mask manufacturing and distribution to prevent hoarding and ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
How to beat the outbreak
Tanarak Plipat, deputy director-general of the Disease Control Department, has recently become a household name because of his daily updates on the Covid-19 outbreak in Thailand.In his briefings, he always stresses the need to maintain personal hygiene as a protection against the novel coronavirus, in ...
Onnucha Hutasingh
SCB warns of recession sparked by virus epidemic
Siam Commercial Bank’s Economic Intelligence Centre (EIC) has warned Thailand is on course for a technical recession in the first half of the year as the centre cuts its 2020 GDP forecast for the country to -0.3% from the previous 1.8% due to the increasing ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Economic managers seek to contain long-term fallout of Covid-19 crisis
The fast-spreading new coronavirus (Covid-19) is posing as many challenges for economies as for public health.According to data on March 13, the total number of infected people worldwide exceeded 120,000, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Covid-19 outbreak a global pandemic with ...
The Nation Reporter
Majority concerned about Covid-19: Poll
A majority of people are concerned about the spread of Covid-19, the disease spread by the novel coronavirus, according to an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.The poll was conducted on March 11-12 on 1,260 people aged 15 and ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Local online virus tracker a big hit
Local technological innovations are helping with the fight against Covid-19 and also fake news surrounding the coronavirus outbreak.One of the most popular is covidtracker.5lab.co, an online map that provides information on the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand. The website features an interactive map with updates ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
