demand faced contraction in the same direction as private consumption on durable goods and services significantly contracted because people avoided going outside. Other fators include the suspension of a

appreciation. Private consumption grew at a slower rate than in the first half of the year, especially spending on durable goods in line with a contraction in domestic vehicle sales. In response, the government

durable goods. The Thai economy hence showed ongoing improvement from the first quarter. Nonetheless, the economic expansion, which was still limited and uneven, affected the performance of KBank and our

Essays on Open-Ended on Equity Mutual Funds in Thailand Roongkiat Ratanabanchuen and Kanis Saengchote* Chulalongkorn Business School ABSTRACT Mutual funds provide a convenient and well-diversified option for households make intertemporal fund transfers for their future needs. In this collection of three short essays, we investigate open-ended equity mutual funds in Thailand that invest in domestic equity during 2005 to 2016. While these funds collectively account for only 13.4% of assets under m...

better in some products, especially durable goods, but overall purchasing power remained fragile overall. Both household and industry sentiment remained somber, indicating that the Thai economic recovery

consumption, albeit expanding, began to exhibit decelerating growth following a recent ramp-up in spending on durable goods. Likewise, private investment remained weak pending more apparent signs of economic

tourist arrivals and tourism receipts, as well as manufacturing production. Meanwhile, private consumption continued to expand, which was derived mainly from increased expenditures on durable goods

plastic packaging customers that want to change the packaging to be modern, more durable and beautiful. (3) New customers that factory is located in Navanakorn Industrial Promotion Zone, Nakhon Ratchasima

A String of Earnings Increases, Future Earnings Uncertainty, and Firm Fundamentals* Sarayut Rueangsuwan † Kasetsart University, Thailand August 2015 Abstract Prior literature on meeting or beating earnings benchmarks extensively documents that market rewards firms reporting a string of consecutively earnings increases. To date, it is still unclear what an earnings string really means. This paper empirically provides rational explanations for this phenomenon by investigating whether the increment...

mixture of wholesale and retail channels are being increasingly disrupted by the evolution of e-commerce as well as the aggregation and weakening of some of its traditional retail partners. There is a risk