{"id":146,"date":"2007-06-29T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-29T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/?p=146"},"modified":"2010-11-25T11:07:58","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T04:07:58","slug":"thai-economy-improving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.4amexpat.com\/thai-economy-improving\/","title":{"rendered":"Thai economy improving?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:cJjGZ_h7dh07mM:http:\/\/www.louisberger.com\/berger\/world\/2005q3\/bangkokskytrainistock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/tbn0.google.com\/images?q=tbn:cJjGZ_h7dh07mM:http:\/\/www.louisberger.com\/berger\/world\/2005q3\/bangkokskytrainistock.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>I have to say, I am a bit surprised with all the political turmoil, the Thai economy is still going well:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/breaking_news\/breakingnews.php?id=119748\"><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/breaking_news\/breakingnews.php?id=119748\">Bangkok Post<\/a> &#8220;Kasikornbank president Prasarn Trairattanaworarkul said his bank had now revised this year&#8217;s exports growth to around 14-15 per cent from the 10-12 per cent forecast earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The better-than-expected export growth will help push the national economy to grow to between 4-4.5 per cent from the 3.5-4.5 per cent projected earlier although private investment remains sluggish, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Local interest rates also dropped sharply during the first half of this year as policy interest rate of the Bank of Thailand fell to 3.5 per cent now from 5 per cent, said Mr. Prasarn.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have to say, I am a bit surprised with all the political turmoil, the Thai economy is still going well: Bangkok Post &#8220;Kasikornbank president Prasarn Trairattanaworarkul said his bank had now revised this year&#8217;s exports growth to around 14-15 per cent from the 10-12 per cent forecast earlier. 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