The other main tasks include boosting liquidity, supporting tourism and accelerating public spending, new finance minister, Arkhom Termpittayapaisith, told reporters on his first official day at work.
BANGKOK: Thailand will focus on spurring domestic consumption and reopening an economy badly hit by the impact of the coronavirus crisis, the country’s new finance ministry said yesterday.
South-East Asia’s second-largest economy suffered its deepest contraction in 22 years in the second quarter as the pandemic hammered the key tourism sector and domestic activity.
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