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BANGKOK, April 30 (Reuters) - Thailand recorded a current account deficit of $0.8 billion in March after a deficit of $1.07 billion in the previous month, the central bank said on Friday.
Exports, a key driver of growth, rose 15.8% in March from a year earlier after February’s 0.2% drop. (Reporting by Orathai Sriring, Kitiphong Thaichareon and Satawasin Staporncharnchai Editing by Ed Davies)
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BANGKOK, April 21 (Reuters) - Thailand’s joint business group on Wednesday trimmed its 2021 economic growth forecast for the second time this year to 1.5-3.0% from 1.5-3.5% after a third wave of coronavirus infections, despite improved exports.
The tourism-reliant country is struggling with a new outbreak that includes a highly contagious variant, with over 17,700 infections recorded in three weeks, dealing a blow to its already slow economic recovery.
The new economic projection is based on an assumption that Thailand will meet its vaccination targets and introduce fiscal measures of more than 200 billion baht ($6.39 billion) to support the economy, Supant Mongkolsuthree, chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, told a briefing.
Thailand reports 965 new coronavirus cases, no new deaths Reuters 21 hrs ago
BANGKOK, April 13 (Reuters) - Thailand reported 965 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday after registering record daily rises in the past two days as the country deals with a third wave of infections and a highly contagious variant.
No new deaths were reported. The new cases took the total number of infections to 34,575, with deaths remaining at 97.
(Reporting by Orathai Sriring and Satawasin Staporncharnchai Editing by Ed Davies)
Thai economy may grow less than forecast this year -c.bank
04/08/2021 | 11:22pm EDT
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BANGKOK, April 9 (Reuters) - Thailand s economy may expand
less than forecast this year after a new wave of coronavirus
infections, a central bank official said on Friday.
Uncertainties remain high and there is a risk that growth
could be less than the central bank s 3.0% forecast this year,
senior director Chayawadee Chai-Anant told a analyst meeting.
The current forecast has yet to include the impact of the
fresh spike in COVID-19 infections, she said.
(Reporting by Orathai Sriring, Kitiphong Thaichareon and
Satawasin Staporncharnchai
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