The Commerce Ministry is confident that flood induced agricultural price rises have not had any impact on local inflationary pressure, while affirming the countrys inflation will still be within control by the end of the year. Commerce Ministry Permanent Secretary Yanyong Phuangrach said inflation in October will likely stay at an expected level of three percent, even though prices of agricultural produce have gone up considerably because of the flood crisis. The ministry is scheduled to release its monthly inflation report on Monday. Yanyong added that with agricultural produce representing less than six percent in the inflation rate calculation and moderate consumer purchasing power in the past month, inflation should remain under control.

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2010 Inflation Projected at 3.5%

Real GDP fell 6.3 percent between the third quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009, as global demand slumped, before rebounding 6.9 percent through the end of 2009. The rebound was due to a recovery in global demand, an end to inventory liquidation and a pickup in private consumption as confidence returned.
Policies that could contribute to reducing Thailand’s dependence on foreign demand include a phased liberalization of the services sector, boosting transport infrastructure, a reform of educational curricula and improved access and quality of higher education to boost skills of the labor force, better integration of universities, firms and government, and improved social safety nets

In Vietnam, households use to held their savings in cash or real estate. With the opening of the stock market, you have seen a tremendous shift of funds into the capital market.
But while Thai bosses may feel powerless to change market perceptions about political risk, plenty can be done to at least separate one’s company from the herd. Too many Thai companies have free floats and trading liquidity that are too constrained to attract institutional investors.
Introduction The modern Thai Capital Market traces its origins back to the early 1960s. In 1961 Thailand implemented its first five-year National Economic and Social Development Plan to support the promotion of economic growth and stability as well as to develop the Kingdom’s standard of living. Following upon this, the Second National Economic and Social Development Plan (1967-1971) then proposed for the first time that an orderly securities market be established in order to mobilize additional capital for national economic development.

The creation of Thailand’s first officially sanctioned and regulated securities market was initially proposed as part of the Second National Economic and Social Development Plan (1967-1971). In outlining its proposal for the creation of a supervised securities market, the Second National Development Plan stressed that the market’s most important role would be to mobilize funds to support Thailand’s industrialization and economic development.