in the commercial banking system, with a high level of liquidity than required by the Bank of Thailand. Infrastructure investment progress needs to be closely monitored as more bidding processes will
expected to focus on readjusting deposit structures and managing costs in an appropriate manner. Banks also need to maintain a sufficient level of liquid assets (as measured by the Liquidity Coverage Ratio
-performing loan (NPL) to total loans was 2.9 percent, nearly the same level as at the end of 2017. The Bank of Thailand’s Senior Loan Officer Survey indicated that in the second quarter of 2018, credit demand
year. As the loan quality was relatively stable, the ratio of gross non-performing loans (NPL) to total loans was 2.9 percent, nearly the same level at the end of 2017. The Bank of Thailand’s Senior Loan
arrivals for the first 8 months of 2017 totaling 23.5 million, an increase of 5.4%. Nevertheless, several domestic factors pending recovery still remain 1) Agricultural sector - with farm income showing
Thailand remained stable. Capital funds and reserves were at a high level and were able to support the challenges of uncertain economic conditions. The performance of the Thai banking system improved, mainly
in order to stabilize the financial system. Nevertheless, as the COVID-19 situation has shown no clear sign of improvement and may persist throughout the first half of this year or beyond, pending the
exchange rate was 31.30 THB/USD, stronger than the level 31.62 THB/USD during the same period last year, but weaker than 30.28 THB/USD seen in the previous quarter. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC
percent, up from 2.8 percent at the end of 2016, reflecting a smaller increase in loans than last year. The level of capital reserves and loan loss reserves remained high. At the end of 2017, the total