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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank is considering a tax on gold trading as well as other measures to stabilise the soaring baht, its governor said on Tuesday, as the currency hit a four-year ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Politics and Disasters Challenge Thai, Indonesian Central Banks
Central banks in Thailand and Indonesia will make their last interest rate decisions of 2025 under a cloud of economic challenges from politics to weather. Bank of Thailand will likely use its thin ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Thai Central Bank Intervenes to Slow Currency Moves, Says Official
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's central bank has intervened to slow the Thai currency's movement, an assistant governor said on Friday after the baht rose to its strongest levels in four years, ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Strongman Politics and Thailand’s Upcoming ‘Khaki Election’
PM Anutin Charnvirakul’s Bhumjaithai party is likely to be the main beneficiary of the polls, which will take place against a backdrop of ongoing border tensions with Cambodia. Prime Minister Anutin ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Thai Central Bank Chief Tipped for Finance Minister Job: Reports
Thailand’s central bank governor Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput is among the leading candidates for the role of finance minister in a cabinet under new Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, according to ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Nearly 30 years after IMF rescue, Thailand faces new economic test
BANGKOK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ekniti Nitithanprapas was a young graduate student in the United States when Thailand devalued the baht in 1997, setting off the Asian financial crisis. A loan from the ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Thai Central Bank Can Cut More, But Not Much Room Left, Says Deputy Governor
The Thai central bank stands ready to cut rates further, but that alone won’t fix the country’s economic woes, a top official says. Fiscal policy needs to play a role too, said Piti Disyatat, deputy ...
News Thailand » Central » Politics: Thai election sees old order restored as political dynasties weigh on vote
Bangkok – Thailand’s swing to more conservative politics in last weekend’s election reveals as much about the dynamics of local power brokers as it does the missteps of the main progressive party, ...