There’s been confusion amongst a lot of us about what on earth the State of Emergency means this time around. When the previous SoE was declared during the red-shirt riots, we had curfews and demonstrations were banned and the government and military enforced them. This time around these are the 5 measures for the State of […]

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Last night the Government announced a State of Emergency, our first thoughts, other than being a bit more worried about violence, is what happenend to the market last time? The market had dropped just over -3% that day, the market backdrop is slightly different in that during 2010 the market was still rallying from the […]

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Thai Economy Kittiratt warns of stifled 2014 growth, As ‘shutdown’ wreaks economic havoc, MPC to meet as scheduled next week – The Finance Ministry expects the prolonged political protest to drag down economic growth to only 3.1% this year, while the Bank of Thailand insists its Monetary Policy Committee will meet on January 22 as […]

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