Article: Thai central bank slashes policy rate by half percentage point

Article: Thai central bank lowers economic growth forecast ...
Xinhua News Agency;  April 29, 2005 ;     448 words ...Thai central bank lowers economic growth forecast for 2005 BANGKOK, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's central bank has slashed 0.75 percentage point of its economic growth forecast for 2005 to 4.5- 5.5 percent ...

Article: Thai central bank cuts benchmark repurchase rate to ...
Xinhua News Agency;  February 25, 2009 ;     395 words ...Thai central bank cuts benchmark repurchase rate to shore up sluggish economy Thai central bank cuts benchmark repurchase rate ... rate to 1.50 percent, or 0.50 percentage point lower, in a bid to shore up the country ...

Article: Thai Central Bank Cuts Growth Forecast
Xinhua News Agency;  April 20, 2001 ;     453 words ... ... domestic products (GDP) forecast for this year by half-a- percentage point to a range of 2. 5 to four percent, The Nation newspaper ... 50 basis points to 4 percent by the third quarter. The Thai central bank also lowered its core inflation rate forecast from ...

Article: Thai central bank chief brushes aside concern on ...
Xinhua News Agency;  December 18, 2002 ;     448 words ...Thai central bank chief brushes aside concern on deposit rate cut BANGKOK, Dec ... commented the deposit rate was likely to further drop by a quarter percentage point next year, according to a report of the BOT available Wednesday ...

Article: Thai central bank likely to further cut policy ...
Xinhua News Agency;  February 4, 2008 ;     400 words ...Thai central bank likely to further cut policy interest rate BANGKOK, Feb. 4 ... have no choice but to reduce the policy interest rate by a quarter percentage point at the Monetary Policy Committee's meeting on February 27.

Article: Thai central bank likely to keep its key rate at ...
China Daily;  June 9, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... economist for Asia at ING Financial Markets in Hong Kong. The Thai central bank may raise its 14-day bond repurchase rate by 37 ... according to ING's Condon. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point. The first batch of the 28 polluters, including five sub ...

Article: Thai central bank slashes key rate to 1.5 percent
AP Worldstream;  February 25, 2009 ;     430 words ... ... Wednesday says the rate was lowered by half a percentage point to 1.5 percent _ its lowest level since ... month, the bank cut the rate by 0.75 percentage point after a 1 percentage point cut in December. Southeast Asia's second ...