, the Thai economy for 2018 may thus record growth of 4.5 percent, while headline inflation is expected to average 1.1 percent. Meanwhile, the Bank of Thailand’s policy rate is expected to stay low at

records or existing low-risk customers, while giving greater weight to digital lending. 2.2 Market Risk Management Overall, movements in foreign exchange saw the Thai Baht strengthen in the second quarter

. For the Thai monetary policy, the Bank of Thailand’s policy rate is expected to stay low at 1.50 percent for almost 3.0 3.3 3.9 4.0 -0.9 0.2 0.7 1.1 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 GDP Headline Inflation Thailand

, respectively. Private investment slowed to 2.8 percent from 4.1 percent in 2018 while manufacturing production declined 3.7 percent, in line with a low capacity utilization rate of 66.3 percent, below the five

the Company was 5,982.2 million baht, decreased by 1.2 percent from the same period in the previous year, mainly due to a slight decline in airline performance by 2.5 percent from highly intense

airline business slightly declined by 0.6 percent from highly intense competition which caused the average fare to drop by 6.0 percent, particularly in Indochina routes. This was a consequence of increasing

in 2017, as a result of soaring energy prices at home in line with higher oil prices in the global market. For Thai monetary policy, the Bank of Thailand’s policy rate is expected to stay low at 1.50

some periods in the quarter, the retail price was incongruous with the product cost. As for the industrial marketing, it dipped from intense market competition. Power Plant Business Group recorded

purchasing power of consumers in middle-low income levels decline from the economic slowdown. While the total revenue from the core business increased 0.7%QoQ, driven by higher usage amount of other services

passenger yield dropped from 4.91 baht per passenger-kilometers to 4.79 baht per passenger- kilometers or by 2.3 percent as a consequence of intense competition within the industry. Regarding the airport