National Economic and Social Development Board News

Economy Jun, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board Agricultural sector grew by 0.2 percent owing to an increase in production of oil palm, paddy and rubber plantations, by 1 5 .7 , 4 .2 and 3 .3... Read More

Economy Jun, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy in first quarter of 2010 grew by 12.0 percent, a higher than expected expansion from 5.9 percent in the previous quarter. Household... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board (1) The high case scenario of 4.5 percent: The Thai economy in 2010 is likely to grow by 4.5 percent or higher under the following conditions (i) the... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board Thai economy is likely to grow at a faster pace than previously expected, providing that the in improvement in economic condition and a strong... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.1 Global Economic Outlook in 2010 World economy is expected to grow by 3.8 4.2 percent in 2010, better than an expectation of 2.8 3.2 percent at... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board World crude oil price escalated for the first time after the continuous decline for 4 consecutive quarters. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board Domestic economic stability Headline inflation: average headline inflation in the fourth quarter was at 1.9 percent which has a positive sign in the... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board For 2009, private investment declined by 12.8 percent as a result of the 14.8 percent contraction of investment in machinery and equipment and 5.4... Read More

Economy Mar, 2010 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy in Q4 of 2009 grew by 5.8 percent, the first expansion after a prolonged contraction of 7.1, 4.9 and 2.7 percent in the first three... Read More

Economy Sep, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy contracted 4.9% on the year, less severe than 7.1% contraction in Q1. H1/09, all in all, registered 6.0% decline, attributed... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board 2.3.4 Production side: Overall production in 2009 tends to contract, comparing with 2 0 0 8 . Production side outlook is as follows: (1) Agriculture... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The average Dubai crude oil price in 2009 is expected to be around 50 60 USD per barrel, lower than an average of 93.65 USD per barrel in 2008. The... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The ASEAN economies faced with a severe negative impact from global economic downturn that resulted in foreign trade reduction as in NIEs economies.... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board In Q1, global recession was deepening and turned the world economy into the worst crisis in 80 years. GDP in the US, Europe and Japan declined at an... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Liquidity and excess liquidity in commercial banking system(B) accelerated. Credits (exclude repurchase position with the Central Bank) to deposit... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Fiscal balance continued to record deficit for two fiscal quarters in row due to the shortfall in revenue collection. In the second quarter of FY... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Hotel and Restaurant contracted by 5.0 percent compared to the same period in last year. The contraction mainly attributable to reduction of tourist... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Household consumption expenditures declined, marking its first decline in ten years3 . On the year, household consumption dropped by 2 .6percent in... Read More

Economy Jun, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board (3)Hotels and restaurants contracted by 5.5 percent due mainly to the reduction in number of foreign tourists, but the degree of contraction was... Read More

Economy May, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy contracted by 7.1 percent on the year in Q1/2009, deteriorated further from a 4.2 percent contraction in Q4/2008. The sharper than... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Under current economic crisis, there is a probability of global economic recession in 2009. This is reflected by sharply decline in world trade... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Global economic recession is a key risk factor for the Thai economic outlook in 2009. Incorporating this factor, the Thai economy is predicted to... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The world economic outlook for 2009 2.1 The world economic growth rate is expected to be in the range of 0.5 and 0.5 percent, the lowest rate since... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The world economy in the fourth quarter noticeably slowed down due to the economic contraction in major industrialized countries and export... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Commercial banks’ deposits expanded. At the end of the forth quarter, commercial banks’ deposits increased by 7.8 percent compare a... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Agriculture: In the fourth quarter agriculture sector expanded by 1.8 percent, slowed down from 9.9 and 8.6 percent in the third and second quarter... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board Export volume of agricultural commodity started to decline. In Q4, export value of agricultural commodity dropped by 19.6 percent as a result of 20.7... Read More

Economy Mar, 2009 –National Economic and Social Development Board The Thai economy plunged sharply by 4.3% (YOY) in the fourth quarter of 2008, much deeper than expectation, as compared to 5% growth achieved in the... Read More

Economy Dec, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board In 2009, global financial crisis will have an impact over Thai economy. Particularly on export sector, tourism sector, consumer and producer... Read More

Economy Dec, 2008 –National Economic and Social Development Board (1) The global economy in 2009 is expected to grow by 2.0 2.5 percent, slowdown from 5.1 percent in 2007 and lower than the projected growth rate of... Read More