business – are likely to see higher growth, bolstered by an expected broad-based economic rebound, which will be seen in both public and private investment. On top of this, the debt quality problem may ease
likely to improve from the utilization of seaweed of 2019 season, the cost of which were 10 percent lower than that of the previous year after the seaweed stock of the previous year was used up, and also
contained significant improvements in the clients’ operating results – the information likely to increase the securities price of the clients’ companies. Such insider trading of securities and derivatives was
reduction of its massive balance sheet. The Fed is expected to allow maturing US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities to roll off gradually, while not exceeding the cap limit determined by the Fed, and
of 2019. Exports, tourism and private investment – among major economic activities – were hampered by the worse-than-expected global economic slowdown. Meanwhile, consumers’ purchasing power weakened
worldwide is expected to show improvement, which is likely to coincide with gradually rising inflationary pressure. Inflation is set to edge up amid soaring oil prices in the global market where this year’s
Thailand, the economy in 2020 is expected to see slower growth, likely to fall below the lower end of the projection range of 2.5-3.0 percent, plagued by the COVID-19 outbreak, the global economic slowdown
monetary policy of central banks worldwide. The Federal Reserve has occasionally signaled that it may become less vigorous in its pursuit of monetary policy tightening. The US central bank is thus expected
. Meanwhile, farm income declined due to a more-severe-than expected impact of the drought. The Bank of Thailand reduced Thailand’s economic growth projection for 2020 to contract 5.3% (as of March 2020
, the bank reserves was likely to increase, affecting the commercial banks’ performance. However, the overall Thai commercial bank system remains sound, thanks to close monitoring of credit quality