Tag: Monetary Policy Committee
Monetary Committee maintains interest rate policy at 1.5% per year
BANGKOK - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain the benchmark interest rate at 1.5% per year, as the Thai economy continues...
PM throws support behind lower interest rate
BANGKOK, May 21 – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra today brushed aside a media report that the central bank was pressured to reduce the policy...
Monetary committee set to reduce export growth projection
BANGKOK, Aug 31 – Thailand’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will likely reduce the 2012 export growth projection from the earlier projected seven per...
BoT signaling further interest rate cuts
BANGKOK, 29 July 2012 – The Thai central bank has signaled further interest rate cuts amidst continued crisis in the west. ...
MPC keeps interest rate at 3%
BANGKOK, 25 July 2012 - The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has resolved to maintain the policy interest rate at 3% and to decrease...
BoT to adjust interest rate appropriately based on the economy
BANGKOK, 3 July 2012 - Bank of Thailand (BoT) Governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul is set to hold a discussion concerning the policy interest rate in...
Thai central bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 3 per cent
BANGKOK, May 2 – The Bank of Thailand (BoT) maintains its policy interest rate at 3.00 per cent to support a smooth economic...
Bank of Thailand raises policy interest rate 0.25 per cent to...
BANGKOK, July 13 – The Bank of Thailand (BOT) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Wednesday raised the policy interest rate by 0.25 per...
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