China official services PMI rises to 53.7 for September. Activity in China’s services industry expanded in September at a slightly faster pace than the previous month, an official survey showed on Saturday. The official non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 53.7 in September, compared to the previous month’s reading of 53.5. The 50-point mark […]

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Thai 2016 GDP Growth Still Seen at 3.3 Percent: Finance Ministry. Thailand’s economy is still expected to grow 3.3 percent this year, with July-September’s annual pace seen at 3.5 percent thanks to government spending, a senior finance ministry official said on Thursday (29/09). Despite the drag from falling exports, growth will be supported by high […]

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The wonderful month that is September is nearly over, hasn’t it been a fun ride? This week there isn’t much news left, today we are expecting some trade data – likely to be weak, but otherwise the central banks are done for the next 2-3 months and it should be a relatively quiet week news […]

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Thailand Future Fund to be IPO-filed this year end. The financial advisors are selecting projects to be included in the funds. The 3 possible projects are Motorway #7, Motorway #9 and Rama III-Dao Kanong-Bangkok outer ring road. (Bangkok Biz, 16/9/16) Fresh stimulus on the way. The government is poised to launch a fresh round of […]

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Well its mid-way through my favourite month of the year and the SET is down some -4.5%, why? Well we know why but can’t type it in public, though from what I’ve been told everything has been pre-arranged internally. You take from that what you will. The Fed is supposedly meeting soon and that should […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 167 mn BTW – A switch between shareholders EARTH – Oh he’s back to buying shares again. One of the strangest coal companies around.. Sell(s) THB 435 mn ORI -  This was the block sale to Templeton PT – Interesting that after he sold the block of shares the share price […]

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Household debt up sharply: Reckless policy and slow growth at fault. Average household debt in the year to date has risen by 20.2%, the highest growth in nine years, according to a survey by the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC). (Bangkok Post, 16/9/16)  BoT watch on foreign bondholders. The Bank of Thailand […]

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Well that was rather fortuitous. At the beginning of last week I wrote that I hate the month of September, and this has year been no different with some -6% knocked off the SET so far this month. Granted I personally may be influenced because I still remember the times of ’07 and ’08 regarding […]

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