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Thai Economy a Study in Contradiction

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Oct 03, 2017
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The Thai economy presents a paradox. On the one hand it can boast about the best-underpinned currency in Asia, with a huge current account surplus and reserves. On the other, domestic demand continues to splutter, partly because of a household debt overhang which, though past its peak, is about 79 percent of gross domestic product and bank non-performin…

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