Economy
Economic news in Thailand, including stock market updates, trade policies, and financial reports.
- Economy News
Thai GDP drops nearly 2% in first quarter
The Thai economy’s slumped by nearly 2% year-on-year during Q1,…
- Covid-19 News
Thai company steps up to ease condom shortage
A shortage of condoms is one thing. A shortage of…
- Covid-19 News
100 billion baht fund in the works for small businesses
A pay cheque might be on the way for small…
- Covid-19 News
Tenants bailing out of pricey Bangkok offices amid pandemic
Bangkok’s high-end office district is looking more like a ghost…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket’s tourist-driven economy faces crisis – Phuket Chamber of Commerce
Phuket’s tourism-driven economy is facing what one city official calls…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand’s GDP to contract up to 5% for 2020 – business thinktank
Thailand’s GDP is expected to contract between 3-5% for 2020,…
- Covid-19 News
Government panel predicts 12-18 more months of pandemic-related pain
Thailand faces up to a year and a half of…
- Covid-19 News
PM confident economy will rebound when businesses reopen
Or… “what goes down, must go up”. “If workplaces reopen,…
- Economy News
Local markets in Asia retreat as US President Trump talks up revised trade war
Steep losses are the order of the day as local…
- Covid-19 News
Coronavirus damage to Thai economy estimated at 1 trillion baht
A trillion baht: that’s the estimated damage to Thailand’s national…
- Covid-19 News
Zero cases reported in Phuket today (Wednesday)
Phuket has recorded no new cases of Covid-19 infections in…
- Covid-19 News
Phuket to remove most tambon travel restrictions
Phuket will start opening up again with most travel restrictions…
- Politics News
Government refuses Opposition’s request for debate on executive decrees
Calls from Opposition parties for a special session of parliament…
- Covid-19 News
Thailand’s new ‘normal’ – Government charts course post-April 30
“The government will ease restrictions on businesses reopening only when…
- Covid-19 News
Tourist numbers and revenue expected to plunge, exceeding worst predictions for 2020
It’s no secret that the Covid-19 outbreak has been disastrous…
- Covid-19 News
Discounts on 72 consumer goods to ease Covid-19 impact
Thailand’s commerce minister yesterday announced the reduction in price for…
- Covid-19 News
Government doubles cash stimulus period for informal workers
The Thai government is doubling the period of monthly cash…
- Covid-19 News
Ministries will give up 10% of their 2020 budget to fight Covid-19 in Thailand
The third round of government measures are set to apply…
- Covid-19 News
Third stimulus package coming, valued at 500 billion baht
Thailand’s economy has been hit hard by the Covid-19 coronavirus…
- Economy News
BOT predicts 5.3% contraction in Thai economy for 2020
Even the Thai economy, which was still maintaining respectable growth…
- Covid-19 News
BOT injects 35 billion baht into Thai financial market
35 billion baht is being injected into the local Thai…
- Economy News
Thai government planning more economic stimulus packages
Economists have urged the government to expand the fiscal deficit…
- Covid-19 News
Worst case scenario – Thailand loses 10 million tourists this year
Thailand’s tourist industry could be decimated in the wake of…
- Economy News
Thai PM Prayut quashes 2,000 baht handout package
Easy come, easy go. Well that was quick. Last Friday’s…
- Economy News
Help is on the way: 100 billion baht stimulus package passed
Eyeing the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on the nation’s…
- Tourism News
Thai tourism ministry proposes 5 billion baht in tourist stimulus packages
Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn says he will propose…
- Thailand News
Thai Baht on the slide over fears of spread of Coronavirus outside China
What goes up must go down. The Thai baht has…
- Economy News
Government to extend the “Chim Shop Chai” stimulus program this month
The government is set to roll out a new phase…
- Economy News
Baht to remain strong into 2020: Kasikorn Research Centre
The Kasikorn Research Centre believes that the Thai Baht is…
- Economy News
Sugar industry expert says banning of 3 agri-chemicals will severely damage business
The president of the Thailand Society of Sugarcane Technologists has…
- Economy News
Government wants to extend ‘Eat, Spend, Shop’ economic stimulus plan
The government is seeking to extend the deadline for its…
- Economy News
Thailand’s ‘economic condition index’ expected to decline in Q3
PHOTO: Culture Trip Thailand’s household economic condition index is likely…
