“The Bank of Thailand rate cut is as expected to provide a short-term positive sentiment to rein in the baht appreciation,” said ASP.
The central bank, he said, will also decide at the year-end whether it needs to impose a debt-service ratio limit, something that has been mooted as...
The economy expanded 6.98% in the nine months through September from a year earlier, data from the statistics office showed.
"The Bank of Thailand reported, almost 16%, or 3 million Thais, have debt payments which are 90-days past due"
The baht has shown to be the second least responsive to shock yuan moves among eight Asian currencies, a Bloomberg reports.
Thailand is now a top-ten highest household debt country among 89 countries worldwide and third highest among 29 Asian countries.
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