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Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.2.3 Risk factors Key risk factors in 2008 will be high oil prices which put more inflationary pressures and slower than expected growth of the... Read More

Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.2 Economic Projection for 2008: Private consumption and investment looks set to expand more favourably, compensating for expected slowdown in... Read More

Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board 1.2 World economic performance in Q4/ 2007 Global economy slowed down in the fourth quarter in the face of ongoing sub prime crisis in the US which... Read More

Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board Financial conditions: Nominal interest remained unchanged but real interest rates declined asinflation accelerated. Bank deposit expanded at a slower... Read More

Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board Demand for petroleum products shifted further towards alternative energy such as Gasohol, Bio diesel and LPG. The petroleum consumption accelerated... Read More

Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board Overall, private consumption in 2007 significantly slowed down with an expansion of only 1.4 percent compared to those of 3.2 and 4.5 percent in 2006... Read More

Economy Mar, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board 1. Economic Performance in Q4 and year 2007 1.1 The Thai economy expanded impressively by 5.7% in Q4, much improved from 4.2, 4.3, and 4.8percent... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board Economic Projection of 2007 2008 Projection Actual 2007 f 2008 f2005 2006 p 3 Sep.07 3 Dec.07 3 Dec.07GDP (at current prices: Bil.Bht) 7,095.6... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 4.6 Growth components in 2008 4.6.1 Demand side: growth contribution from each component is expected to be more balanced, with domestic demand plays... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board (1.2) On the supply side there are capacity constraints on both upstream exploration and the downstream refinery industry. Currently, the industry... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 4.2 Economic Projection for 2008: The Thai economy will enter 2008 with more favorable domestic conditions than in 2007. However, external risks are... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 1.2 World economic performance in the third quarter of 2007 Global economy in the third quarter exhibited a stronger growth than the second quarter.... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board Import continued to grow. In the third quarter, import value expanded by 8.4 percent with the same growth rate of 4.1 percent in both quantity and... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board Import continued to grow. In the third quarter, import value expanded by 8.4 percent with the same growth rate of 4.1 percent in both quantity and... Read More

Economy Dec, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy in the third quarter of 2007 expanded by 4.9 percent, picked up from 4.3 and 4.2 percent in the second and first quarters. This was... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board Projection Preliminary 2007 f 2004 2005 2006 p 6 Mar 07 4 Jun 07 GDP (at current prices: Bil.Bht) 6,489.8 7,087.7 7,813.1 8,438.1 8,399.0 GDP per... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board from earlier projection of 2.5 3.0 percent. Appreciation of Baht and slowdown in domestic demand lessened pressure from the increasing oil price and... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.4 Economic projection for 2007: 4.0 4.5 percent GDP growth, 2.0 2.5 percent headline inflation and 3.0 3.6 percent of current account surplus to... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.3 Key Assumptions for 2007 Projection: Global economic growth is estimated to be 4.3 percent. Dubai oil price is expected to be 60 — 64 US... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.2.1 Crude oil price is in the upward trend Crude oil price is likely to be higher than expected: average oil price in the first five months of 2007... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board The global economy in the first quarter of 2007 slowed down from the last quarter of 2006 as a result of deceleration in G3 economies (namely US,... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board However, some indicators showed the risk factorsof an increasing in the number of unemployment inthe future. For example, there is a tendency... Read More

Economy Jun, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy in the first quarter of 2007 showed favorable growth with stability, but trended downward compared to the growth rates of 6.1, 5.0,... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board Projection Preliminary 2007 f 2004 2005 2006 p 4 Dec 06 6 Mar 07 GDP (at current prices: Bil.Bht) 6,489.8 7,087.7 7,813.1 8,474.6 8,438.1 GDP per... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board The economy in 2007 will achieve 5.0 percent growth under the following conditions: (i) Exports sector is competitive under increasing constraints... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.4 Economic projection for 2007: 4.0 5.0 percent GDP growth, 2.5 3.0 percent headline inflation and 1.0 1.3 percent of current account surplus to... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.2.2 Internal risk factors associated with the economic prospect are as follows: (1) A recovery of private investment is still uncertain. In 2006,... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.1.2 Income from export and tourism will increase and help support economic growth despite a slower pace than in 2006. It is expected that the... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy of 2006 showed favorable growth with stability. Concurrently, the fundamental of the economy was sound and stable as observed in... Read More

Economy Apr, 2007 –National Economic and Social Development Board Credits slowed down faster than. Commercial banks' deposits expanded by 5.7 percent in 2006 from the previous year, but slowing down from 11.6 and... Read More