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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...
Survey: Thai consumer confidence index highest in 7 years
Thailand’s consumer confidence index in March escalated for the fifth straight month to 84.8, the highest level in seven years, an academic research...
UTCC: Bangkok residents believe flood devastation will reoccur this year
BANGKOK, 28 September 2012 – Most Bangkok residents are not confident in the government’s flood management measures, believing that flood devastation will reoccur...
Farmers more satisfied with rice pledging scheme: Survey
BANGKOK, Sept 13 - Thai rice farmers prefer the government's rice pledging scheme to the price guarantee scheme, according to an opinion poll...
Anti-Corruption Network: Corruption in Thailand still worrying
BANGKOK, 23 August 2012 - The Anti-Corruption Network indicates that the Thai corruption problem has been worsening despite the government’s effort to tackle...
UTCC points out new investment for Thai entrepreneurs
Bangkok, July 24 2012 –In the seminar under the theme of “TMB Borderless on Stage 2012,” The University of Thai Chamber of Commerce...
Academics called for no extension of state-initiated consumer goods price control
BANGKOK, 20 June 2012 – Academics are urging the government not to extend the policy to cap consumer goods prices and let everything move...
Political turmoil dampens Thai consumer confidence in May
Thailand’s Consumer Confidence Index in May dropped for the first time in the six months since Dec 2011 to 77.1 from the 77.6...
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