Tag: Thanawat Polwichai
GLO to ban retailers selling lottery tickets higher than 80 baht
The Government Lottery Office (GLO) will no longer allow charitable organizations and retailers to make advance reservations for lottery tickets, if they are found...
Consumer confidence index falls to lowest in eight months
Consumer confidence index (CCI) for May 2016 plunged to its lowest level in a period of eight months, the University of the Thai Chamber...
Drought will be significant this year
BANGKOK - The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has forecast that the drought crisis will cause as much as 119 billion...
Vegetarian Fest expected to add 41 billion in money circulation
BANGKOK, 8 October 2015– The 2015 Vegetarian Festival in Thailand is expected to generate a money circulation of up to 41 billion baht, which...
Chamber of Commerce: Economy unaffected by Emergency Decree
BANGKOK, 23 January 2014 The Thai Chamber of Commerce has indicated that the invocation of Emergency Decree has not yet affected the economy and...
UTCC: US’ QE will not affect Thai economy
BANGKOK, 19 December 2013 The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) does not believe the US’s relaxing of quantitative easing (QE) will...
Thai Chamber of Commerce expects a 1% decrease in GDP if...
BANGKOK, 22 November 2013 The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce's Center for Economic and Business Forecasting Director, Thanawat Polwichai, revealed that...
Economist: Household debt nothing to lose sleep over
BANGKOK, 27 October 2013 Thailand’s household debt of 79% of the current GDP, equivalent to about nine trillion baht, is not a concern...
UTCC cuts GDP growth target down to 3.5%
BANGKOK, 18 Oct 2013 The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has cut down this year’s GDP growth target to 3.5 percent...
Academic says LPG price hike in line with market mechanism
BANGKOK, 3 September 2013 Director of the Center for Economic and Business Forecasting Thanawat Polwichai has voiced support for the government’s increase of utility...
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Some applicants for Thai elite visa are wannabe criminals
Thai Privilege Card, formerly Elite, has been told to step up its security checks on applicants by the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB). This follows...
Drunk and distraught mother drinks bathroom cleaning fluid after family spat
SATTAHIP, Thailand - In the early hours of May 11, an intoxicated mother, distraught after a quarrel with her daughter, consumed bathroom cleaning fluid...
Infant found in bathroom trashcan of Chonburi department store
CHONBURI, Thailand - An infant was found abandoned in the bathroom of a department store in Ban Bueng District of Chonburi on May 11,...
Squirrel sparks fire on electric pole in Sriracha industrial estate
SRIRACHA, Thailand - On the morning of May 12, a fire broke out on an electric pole in Sriracha District believed to have been...
Torrential rainstorm wreaks havoc in Sriracha district
SRIRACHA, Thailand - Sriracha District found itself in the grip of chaos as a relentless torrential rainstorm, accompanied by fierce winds, battered the region...