And it’s outttt, here’s my fav snippets and a link to the rest of the commentary We believe that the current business cycle has at least several more years left to run. The major signs that would herald the beginning of the next recession are not yet in place. Unemployment is low and likely to […]

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FIF fund inflow down. The high volatility of the market and negative return led investors to sell off the Bt47bn of the global bond fund. In the first five months, the FIF fund inflow amounted to Bt6.bn1, down from last year’s Bt80bn in the same period. Behind this is high volatility in the foreign market […]

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Just look at the beautiful sea of red that is the Thai Stock market. No surprises, just the catalyst that brought it out about has been the news over the trade wars. Lets see how things unfold in the coming weeks and for those that are fundamentally focused, it’s a long way to go until […]

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Fitch affirms Thailand at BBB+, outlook stable. Fitch Ratings has affirmed Thailand’s long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at BBB+ with a stable outlook. The rating is underpinned by solid external and public finances, which enhance resiliency to economic shocks. (Bangkok Post, 09/06/18) Consumption growth still low. The Thai Retailers Association director, Mr .Chatchai Tuangrattanapan, […]

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Revenue chief scotches VAT rise talk. THE new chief of the Revenue Department plans to add artificial intelligence (AI) to the agency’s arsenal for tax collection and has dismissed rumours of a planned increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate. (The nation, 01/06/18) Inflation streaks to highest level in 16 months. Headline inflation in May […]

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US farmers up in arms over additives ban. A group of pork producers in the US is petitioning the Office of the United States Trade Representative )USTR (to consider cutting the Generalised System of Preferences )GSP (granted to Thailand, in protest against Thailand’s refusal to import pork containing ractopamine, a cabinet meeting was told on […]

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JFinCoin & JMART I wanted to give this a few weeks before writing about it to see if there would be anything positive. Unfortunately for them not, the ICO performed poorly and is down some -50% from its initial offering price. The perfect world scenario was that it would pop well on the first day […]

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