development of private repo market and bond futures exchange. 3. Mutual Fund Due to the current low interest rates, more depositors are shifting their investments into mutual funds. As a result, the strategic
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, businesses and payment have shifted into the digital realm. Meanwhile, cyber threats have become more sophisticated, as seen from their application of state- of-the-art technologies. Against this backdrop
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Thailand Taxonomy Board The Thailand Taxonomy Board is established to develop Thailand Taxonomy, a classification system of economic activities deemed as environmentally-sustainable. The Board comprises agencies from both the public and private sectors to ensure all sectors’ views are reflected. In the initial phase, the list of agencies is as follows: 1. Bank of Thailand (BOT)* 2. The Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand (SEC)* 3. Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and...
Annual Report 2009 1 Annual Report 20092 Over the past year, the Thai economy experienced a recession for the first time since the Asian economic crisis in 1997. The first quarter saw a 7.1 percent contraction as a result of sluggish export in the midst of global financial crisis, diminishing demand of domestic private sector, and lack of confidence in economic and political directions. All these factors played out against a backdrop of weakening economies of our trade partners worldwide, which...
Yields on government bonds were quite volatile in 2006. During January-June 2006, government bond yields shifted up across the curve compared to the end of 2005 (Figure 2 and 3). The short-term ( 1 year