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Thailand's consumer confidence index drops for the ninth months
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Xinhua News Agency
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October 15, 2004
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Thailand's consumer confidence index drops for the ninth months
BANGKOK, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's consumer confidence index
continued to drop for the ninth consecutive month in September, among
negative factors including rising oil prices, bird flu outbreaks and
southern unrest.
The index in September dived to 91.5 points, below 100 for three
months in a row, the state-run Thai News Agency (TNA) reported on
Friday.
The confidence index in overall economy dropped from 92 to 91.1,
hitting the lowest in 16 months, Thanawat Polvichai, Director of the
University of Thai Chamber of Commerce's Economic Forecasting Center,
was quoted as saying.
The confidence index ...