The SEC attended the International Organizations of Securities Commission (IOSCO) Growth and Emerging Markets Committee (GEMC) Annual Meeting and Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia last week. Key

private consumption and private investment. Private consumption grew notably in durable goods segment (especially in vehicles) while growth in non-durable and semi-durable goods contracted partly from the

investment growth, reflected from the annual budget disbursement has been below target. Expediting public investment and also key infrastructure projects will assist in crowding-in of private investment. 3

consumption from private sector. However, expenses from the government sector, and tourism industry sector continued to increase, partly benefited from the return of Chinese tourists, and a decline of the

percent, greatly improved from the second quarter. Kasikorn Research affirmed that Thai exports increased by 9.3 percent for the past nine months. The spending of both private and public sectors also

quarter of 2019 continued to expand driven mainly by domestic demands. Private consumption expanded in all categories supported by the improvement in purchasing power from the rise in farm and non-farm

public and private organizations worldwide are pressing more emphasis on promoting investment for sustainable development, institutional investors have more roles to play as far as the ESG factors and

 symposium. More than 300 participants from both public and private sectors in the capital market as well as academic sector attended this event which held at World Ballroom, Centara Grand at Central World

which Thailand has comparative advantage. Providing an enabling condition that encourages growth of the said businesses will certainly help them to play the key role in adding value to products and

is poised to continue in 2018. The Thai GDP expanded by 3.8% in the first 9 month of 2017, (following the growth of 3.3% in the first 9 month of 2016)1. The growth supported by a marked upturn in