webfact Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 MOF to Reassess Thai GDP After Seeing Good Signal in Economy BANGKOK (NNT) - Ministry of Finance is going to reassess Thai GDP growth after seeing positive signs after the government eased the regulations. It predicted that Thai GDP will no longer shrink by 8.5 as previously forecast. Mr. Wuttipong Jittangsakul, Fiscal Policy Advisor, a deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Finance, revealed that, even though the economy has been decelerating because of the COVID-19, there are positive signs in agriculture, heavy industry and consumption. VAT collection grew by 4.3 percent in the agricultural industry, which has been growing for 2 months at 9.2 percent per year. The consumer confidence index has also risen for four months straight, after the government eased measures to prevent COVID-19, making economic activities more resilient. One of the factors is financial support for affected people, helping to increase spending. Private investment also improved, especially in the machinery category. This was reflected in the improvement of the import volume of capital goods and vehicle sales. Construction investment remains stable. While the real estate transaction tax dropped by 6.9 percent. Demand for food products, household-related products, disease prevention products and speculative products, such as gold, continues to expand. As the economy recovers, the FPO will reassess its forecast for this year in October. -- © Copyright NNT 2020-09-30 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scammed Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, webfact said: even though the economy has been decelerating because of the COVID-19, there are positive signs in agriculture, heavy industry and consumption. again, covid19 had next to no effect on economy whatsoever, but the governments decision to lock down certainly had negative effects Edited September 29, 2020 by scammed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot123 Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Wish you could run a book on these pie in the sky predictions but then again what would the odds be against? Take away gold exports which is not something to sing about in my book and a very worrying sign I personally think a true figure would be nearer 20% drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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