achieved continual growth despite the emergence and persistence of multiple risk factors such as higher oil prices, global economic slowdown especially in trade alliance countries, exchange rate volatility

at a satisfactory rate as seen by the 6.4 percent increase in the gross domestic product. The growth was stimulated by the increasing private sector consumption, public sector spending, and investments

exchange rate (6.14) - - - (6.14) - Finance costs (17.10) (20.16) - - (17.10) (20.16) SHARE OF LOSS OF INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURES ON EQUITY METHOD (1.47) (2.79) - - (1.47) (2.79) INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE TAX

Company has a relatively high profit from the sale of its investment in Genesis Data Center Company Limited, causing the decreasing rate of revenue to be less than the decreasing rate in expenses. It also

, the Company plans to enhance its financing cost performance through not only improving the average cost of debt to be in-line with the downward trending interest rate, but also reduce some of its

to deliver fewer rate hikes than last year, even though the policy rate will continue to rise incrementally in 2019. At the same time, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan may keep their

research believes that companies investing in CSR programs are able to improve corporate image, attract more resources, and enhance operational performance. However, the other strand of thought argues that

2021. These investments would not only enhance business growth but also provide economic value added to EGCO. EGCO is satisfactorily competitive in power business which was resulted by several key

protection and reciprocal retaliation between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China along with an increase in federal funds rate, which negatively affect trading-partner economies

percent, edging up slightly from 0.6 percent in 2017 given steady improvement in overall domestic demand. On December 19, 2018, the Bank of Thailand raised the policy rate for the first time in seven years