to the banking sector, local commercial banks, some of which are listed companies, are under close supervision of the Bank of Thailand. Investors should adopt a cautious stance but do not have to worry
stance will bring confidence, and help fostering market mechanism and standard practices that they can follow. For investors, appropriate regulation can incentivize market solutions to help investors
that the Bank of Thailand’s monetary policy stance will remain accommodative in the period ahead and future policy rate increases will be gradual. Thai Banking Industry in 2018 In 2018, commercial banks
accumulation of household debt. Therefore, the MPC viewed that the current accommodative monetary policy stance remained appropriate as it would contribute to the continuation of economic growth and correspond
grow around 13-15% Despite 1H24 surpassing guidance due to the mobile recovery driven by higher demand for data consumption, AIS takes a cautious stance for 2H24 and maintains the guidance due to the
recovery coupled with high oil prices since early this year may put more pressure on inflation. Against this backdrop, central banks worldwide are highly likely to adopt a more tightening stance, especially
previous forecast of 3.9 percent. Regarding monetary policy of central banks worldwide, the US Federal Reserve maintained its tightening stance by raising its policy rate and continuing to reduce its massive
-based growth in household purchasing power. At the same time, inflation remains subdued though it is expected to slowly rise. In this regard, the MPC judged that accommodative monetary policy stance would
interest rate unchanged at 1.50 percent as it viewed that the current accommodative policy stance is still needed to strengthen the continuation of growth in domestic demand and support the rise of headline