poised to maintain its key policy rate throughout 2019. Given the Thai economy’s strong fundamentals, risk- averse investors thus put greater weight on Thai assets, as evidenced by ongoing capital inflows
significance. The occurrence of the outbreak has affected the global economy, including the Thai economy which is poised likely to experience a recession within this year. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak affecting
, our capital market is poised to play an even greater role in Thailand’s sustainable progress and prosperity in the years to come. M E S S A G E F R O M T H E S E C R E T A R Y - G E N E R A L Thirachai