Economy and commerce

Fiscal policy is back in focus in Thailand as the central bank runs out of conventional monetary policy space to spur the economy.With interest rates near zero, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) last week called for “more targeted and timely” government policies to support the ...

New business registrations continued to fall in August, dipping 7% from the same month last year as the business sector frets over the pandemic.The Business Development Department reported yesterday new business registrations totalled 5,538 in August, with combined registered capital worth 14.3 billion baht, a ...

The Bank of Thailand plans to implement digital factoring next year to facilitate small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) access to loans.Factoring businesses provide an intermediate solution for liquidity problems caused by delayed payments. The idea behind the process is suppliers sell the invoices of a ...

With rising demand for rubber gloves, products related to working from home, appliances, healthcare items and food because of the pandemic, the Commerce Ministry expects the country’s overall exports to shrink by just 5-8% this year.Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the Trade Policy and Strategy Office, ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is amending the Securities and Exchange Act to allow SEC officials to become investigating officers in legal cases involving the Securities and Exchange Act and Future Exchange Act, said SEC secretary-general Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol.“Currently, SEC officials have no investigating authority ...

Debt collection and management of non-performing assets pose lucrative growth opportunities amid the economic retraction, financial analysts say.According to Maybank Kim Eng securities analyst Thanaphat Suksrichavalit, the debt management business will outperform in the second half of 2020.Keep reading ...

The National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) has explained the undertaking of economic and social rehabilitation under a 1-trillion-baht loan decree.In response to many sides commenting that disbursement of the funds was slow, the NESDC Deputy Secretary-General, Danucha Pichayanan, said today the council serves ...

The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) plans to ask the Bank of Thailand to extend the debt moratorium scheme, which will end next month, for another two years.The extension would require businesses to pay 10% of interest payments for six months to alleviate the fear ...

The government is pushing ahead with the bio-economy concept to modernise agriculture with advanced technology in a move to improve the national economy.Bio-economy, which uses renewable resources and turns them into value-added products, is expected to help farmers better deal with unstable crop prices and ...

The Government Savings Bank (GSB) has launched a new campaign called “Loans for Strengthening Foundation” under which loans of up to Bt50,000 will be offered to those affected by the Covid-19 outbreak regardless of their employment status.Keep reading ...