The Energy Policy and Planning Office has approved a temporary cut in the contribution to the Oil Fund from gasoline and diesel sales, bringing down their prices. Energy Minister Pichai Nariptapan, as chairman of the Energy Policy and Planning Committee, said the panel has approved a temporary break in the contribution to the Oil Fund from the sales of gasoline 95 by 8.02 baht per liter, gasoline 91 at 7.17 baht per liter and diesel at three baht per liter. The measure takes effect tomorrow, thereby bringing the price of gasoline 95 down to 39.32 baht, gasoline 91 to 34.77 baht and diesel to 26.99 baht per liter.

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Oil Levy Held to Bring Gasoline, Diesel Prices Down

At the end of 2009, real GDP was back at pre-crisis levels, as measured in seasonally adjusted terms.
Overall, domestic demand should provide a positive but limited contribution to growth: vulnerable households lost ground in 2009 and risks are substantial in 2010, as falling agricultural output due to the current drought may offset opportunities from the improved overall economic environment. Household consumption levels, which are highly correlated with the poverty rate, contracted in 2009 despite the rebound in the last quarter of the year, suggesting a likely increase in the poverty rate compared to 2008, especially when compounded by the loss in purchasing power from the food and fuel crisis of 2008. The outlook for 2010 is uncertain : average wages are likely to increase, thanks to the reallocation of labor from agriculture to manufacturing. Although labor markets appear very tight, with unemployment below 1 %, the data do not account for the large number of workers who moved to lower-productivity jobs in agriculture and informal services due to the crisis. Many of these workers are now returning to manufacturing, which offers higher wages than agriculture.

With economic pundits forecasting that Asian economies will lead global growth over the next few years, led by emerging giants China and India, it seems logical that investors will shift their funds to Thai and Asian equity markets in search of higher yields.
The TSRs for the two groups are similar.
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.