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Monthly Economic Brief February 2014 issue


Executive summary Growth GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a year ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters. On the expenditure side, , Export contributed the most to total real GDP growth. On the production side, Manufacturing is the main drag. Manufacturing production ended the year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture production recovered impressively. On the expenditure side, Private consumption improved slightly while Private Investment continued to slow down. FDI increased slightly yearͲtoͲdate. Export tumbled and registered Ͳ2.4% growth in 2013. The problem occurred in every main export markets, except ASEAN and EU. On the other hand, Import also registered a negative growth, driven by lower intermediate goods import. Tourist arrivals grew at an impressive 19% in 2013. Looking forward, Monetary policies are proͲ growth, with policy rate in a downward trend. Government spending caught up in the last month of 2013.

Confidence in private s Businesses, Industries more pessimistic.

No change in consensu Consensus projection i 3.7% for 2013 and 4.4

Employment and wea In November unemplo to 0.72%, still a very lo other major and emer

Thailand’s per capita in 5,210 in 2012, ranked average Thai is slightly average Chinese but m richer than an average Income distribution is but there has been ove the past two decades, Bangkok. Poverty head have declined over the


sector is worsened. and Consumers were

us projection in January. is now between 2.8%Ͳ 4Ͳ5.1% for 2014.

alth distribution oyment rate increased ow rate compared to ging economies.

ncome was at USD 102nd in the world. An y poorer than an more than three times e Indian. Thailand’s among the worst in Asia erall improvement over except for only in dcount and poverty rate e last decade.

Stability Head line inflation increased to 1.93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. Producer Price Index increased 1.2% from a year ago. Banking system is quite stable. Bank’s capital ratio is still high, at 16.1% in November. Total system’s NPL decreased slightly in 2013. Liquidity in the system tightened as loan growth accelerated. Big improvement in budget deficit was cut by half in 2013. Public debt as percentage of GDP increased slightly so far this year due mainly to direct government debt, but the current level of 45% is not yet dangerous. Majority of the public debt is domestic based. Balance of Payment turned to deficit in 2013 due to negative net service and transfer. External debt increased slightly but capability to repay is not a concern as debt service ratio remained low and international reserves is at healthy level. THB depreciated 1.2% against a basket of key currencies in January.

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a ye first two quarters Chart 1.05 – Historical Real GDP growth rate Annual growth, percent 7.1% 6.3% 5.3% 4.6%

CAGR* 2001Ͳ2012 = 4.3% 2.2%

5.1% 5.0%

2.5

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 200

Note: (*) Cumulative Annual Growth Rate Source: NESDB; CTE analysis


ear ago, a slower pace than the

7.8% 6.5% 5.4%

2.9% 2.7%

5%

0.1%

-2.3%

08 2009 2010 2011 2012

1Q13 2Q13 3Q13 4Q13

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Manufacturing’s slow down has d the most Chart 1.06a – Real growth by sector, 3Q13 YearͲonͲYear percentage change 2.67

GDP

15.10

Hotel&Res 11.32

Financial

8.64

Transport Other social

6.00

Education

5.90 5.08

Health&Social

3.33

RealEstate PublicAdmin

2.84

Trading

2.50 1.04

Utilities

0.46

Agriculture Manufacture

-0.43

Construction

-2.20

Mining

-2.48

Private HH

-2.64

Fishing-7.42 Source: NESDB; CTE analysis


dragged the overall GDP growth

Chart 1.06b – Sectoral contributions, 3Q13 Contributions to total Real GDP growth 2.67

GDP 0.86

Transport

0.63

Hotel&Res

0.56

Financial

0.33

Trading Education

0.16

Other social

0.14

RealEstate

0.14

PublicAdmin

0.08

Health&Social

0.07

Utilities

0.04

Agriculture

0.03

Private HH

0.00

Construction

-0.06

Mining

-0.06

Fishing

-0.07

Manufacture

-0.17

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Export contributed the most to to

Chart 1.08a – Real growth by expenditure, 3Q YearͲonͲYear percentage change GDP

2.7

G

7.4

X

3.8

ͲM

0.7

I

-1.0

C

-1.2

I (capital)

-6.5

Note: (*) C = Private consumption, I = Investment which includes I (capital) = Capital fo G = Government consumption, X = Export of goods and services, M = Import

Source: NESDB; CTE analysis


otal real GDP growth in 3Q13

Q13 Chart 1.08b – Expenditure Contributions, 3Q13 Contributions to total Real GDP growth GDP

2.7

X

2.9

I (Inventory)

1.4

G

0.9

Discrpncy ͲM C

0.1

-0.4

-0.6

I (capital) -1.6

ormation and I (inventory) = Change in inventory t of goods and services

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Manufacturing production ended disappointing level

Chart 1.11 – Manufacturing Production Index (2000=100) CAGR

4.3%

194.2 174.8 152.1

161.1

182.6 170.0

138.6 124.2

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: The Office of Industrial Economics


d the year 2013 with

Monthly Average 250.0

200.0

177.7 181.6

2012

2013 150.0

100.0

MͲoͲM Ͳ1.9% YͲoͲY Ͳ6.1%

50.0

0.0

2011 2012

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Most sectors had their production

Chart 1.12a – YͲonͲY change in MPI by sector December 2013, percent Wood products

11

Electrical

10

Basic Mat

8.2

Leather

7.6 6.5

Paper Electronic

2.8

Textiles

2.4

Petroleum

2.0

Mineral

1.6

Precision instru

1.4

Chemical

1.3 0.3

Apparel Rubber&Plastic

-1.5

Office automate

-2.2

Metal products

-2.5

Tobacco

-5.5

Machineries

-6.4 -12.6

Transport Equip Food & Bev

-14.3

Furniture

-15.2

Vehicles

-21.3

Source: The Office of Industrial Economics; CTE analysis


n dropped from last month

Chart 1.12b – MͲonͲM change in MPI by sector December 2013, percent .7

-6.1 -11.5

0.4

-8.4 -3.9 0.9 -0.9 -3.8 5.7 -5.6 0.6 -2.0 -7.8 -15.2 0.6 -8.0 9.9 -4.8 -4.0 7.5 -5.9 -11.1

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A dip in Capacity utilization rate i

Chart 1.13a – Overall Capacity Utilization Rate Percent 100% 90% 80% 70% 60.1%

60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

Source: The Office of Industrial Economics


n December

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Chart 1.13b – Capacity utilization rate by sector December 2013, percent Chemical Petroleum Electrical Vehicles Precision instru Mineral Transport Equip Paper Office automate Machineries Rubber&Plastic Metal products Electronic Food & Bev Basic Mat Textiles Tobacco Apparel Leather Furniture Wood products

86% 85% 82% 77% 70% 68% 67% 64% 62% 61% 59% 57% 54% 51% 46% 42% 41% 38% 33% 30% 21%

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Thailand’s MPI dropped the most Philippines and China enjoyed hig

Chart 1.14 – Manufacturing Production Index Latest, percent change on year ago Philippines Ͳ Nov China Ͳ Dec Singapore Ͳ Dec Taiwan Ͳ Dec Japan Ͳ Nov Malaysia Ͳ Nov

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US Ͳ Dec Pakistan Ͳ Nov

3

Vietnam Ͳ Jan

3.

Euro Area Ͳ Nov

3.

Australia Ͳ Q3

2.7

South Korea Ͳ Dec

2.6 0.8

Russia Ͳ Dec

0.4

Brazil Ͳ Nov -0.9

Hong Kong Ͳ Q3 Indonesia Ͳ Nov

-1.9

India Ͳ Nov

-2.1

Thailand Ͳ Dec Source: The Economist

-6.1


t from a year ago, while ghest growth

x 21.3 9.7 6.2 5.1 4.8 4.3

3.7

3.4 0 0

7

6

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Agriculture production grew sligh

Chart 1.10 – Agriculture production index (2005=100) CAGR

3.2%

100.0

105.9

112.8 112.0 109.4 111.2

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Source: Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture a


htly from a year ago

Monthly Average 300.0

122.5

128.0

250.0

200.0

YͲoͲY 1.6%

2013

MͲoͲM Ͳ18.2%

150.0

2012 100.0

50.0

0.0

2011 2012

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Private consumption improved sl

Chart 1.15 – Composite Private Consumption I (2000=100) CAGR

3.2%

111.2

117.8

126.2 121.9 124.2

130.6

134.2 127.2

03-Avg 04-Avg 05-Avg 06-Avg 07-Avg 08-Avg 09-Avg 10-Avg 1

Note: (*) seasonally adjusted Source: Bank of Thailand


ightly from last month

Index* Monthly Average 160.0

147.0

155.0

139.2

11-Avg 12-Avg

2012 150.0

2013

145.0

140.0

MͲoͲM 0.4%

135.0

YͲoͲY Ͳ0.2%

130.0

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2013 was not a good year for veh

Chart 1.16a – YͲonͲY change Full year 2013 vs 2012, percent

1

NGV (kg.)*

3.1

HH electricity (kilowatt/hour) Real import of consumer goods (2000 prices, US$)

2.5

LPG (litre)*

2.4

-0.5

Real VAT (2000 prices, baht)

-5.0

Passenger Car (Unit)

Motocycle (Unit)

-5.8

Commercial Car (Unit)-8.1 Note: (*) figures are 1Ͳmonth delayed Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


icle consumption

Chart 1.16b – MͲonͲM change Dec vs Nov 2013, percent 0.3

0.6

-3.3

1.9

1.2

2.1

-3.0

-3.3

-2.8

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Private Investment continued to d

Chart 1.17 – Private Investment Index (2000=100)

CAGR

6.9%

172.1 174.9 175.3 155.8

193.0

183.4 160.8

133.2

03-Avg 04-Avg 05-Avg 06-Avg 07-Avg 08-Avg 09-Avg 10-Avg 1

Source: Bank of Thailand


decline

Monthly Average 300.0

2012 250.0

2013

242.1 200.0

210.2

11-Avg 12-Avg

150.0

100.0

MͲoͲM Ͳ0.8%

YͲoͲY Ͳ8.1%

50.0

0.0

J F M A M J J A S O N D

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Most private investment expendi far this year despite recent slow d Chart 1.18a – YͲonͲY change Full year 2013 vs 2012, percent

Domestic Cement sales (ton)

10.5

Construction Area permitted (sqm)

9.9

Domestic Machinery sales* (2000 prices, Baht)

Domestic commercial car sales (unit)

Import of Capital Goods -6.6 (2000 prices, Baht)

Note: (*) figures are 1Ͳmonth delayed Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis

5.4

-0.7


tures had impressive growth so down Chart 1.18b – MͲonͲM change Dec vs Nov 2013, percent

5

-1.7

0.1

-6.7

-0.9

-1.4

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Cumulative FDI in the first 11 mon the same period last year Chart 5.14 – Foreign Direct Investment Million USD 11,331

1 9,460

9,112

8,999

10FY

11FY

8,547

4,853

06FY

07FY

(*) Preliminary figures

Source: BOT

08FY

09FY


nths of 2013 increased 17% from

Monthly cumulative FDI* 14,000

10,697

12FY

2013 12,000

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2012

2,000

0

J

F M A M J

J

A S O N D

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BOI’s net application in 2013 drop

Chart 5.15 – BOI net application of foreign di Billion Baht

CAGR

21.5%

396 351 297 236

08FY

09FY

10FY

Note: (*) Foreign investment (foreign equity>=10%)

Source: Board of Investment

11FY


pped 19%

irect investment*

648

648

-19%

525

12FY

2012/12M 2013/12M

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Japan has been the biggest source

Chart 5.16 – BOI net application of FDI* break Percent of total

Others

17%

USA

10%

ANIEs

12%

3% 6% 6%

ASEAN

12%

17%

Europe

27%

23%

44%

Japan

22%

09FY Note: (*) Foreign investment (foreign equity>=10%) (**) ANIEs: Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea

Source: Board of Investment; CTE analysis

10FY


e of FDI for Thailand

kdown by country group

11% 27%

4% 10%

2% 7% 8%

7% 10%

21% 2% 6% 10% 7%

7%

49%

11FY

58%

54%

12FY

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Property indicators have largely g

Chart 1.19a – YͲonͲY change First 11 months of 2013 vs those of 2012, percent

24.

Condo unit registered

18.5

Value of land transaction

New housing unit

Constr. Area in municipal-6.6

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis

5.8


grown this year

Chart 1.19b – MͲonͲM change Nov vs Oct 2013, percent

4

-3.1

-5.1

54.2

-37.8

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Export has decreased in 2013, wit Electronics the main drags

Chart 5.05a – YTD annual change in Export in Full year 2013 vs that of 2012, percent Total export ReͲexports Forestry Automotive Chemicals Optical instru Furniture Other manufacturing PetroͲchemical Jewellery Machinery Apparels Electrical Toiletries Agriculture Electronics Petroleum Agro products Footware Aircrafts Metal Photo instru Mining Fishery Other export

-2.4

1,324 12.1 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.4 3.7 3.1 2.3 1.8 1.4 0.0 -1.7 -1.9 -2.8 -3.1 -4.8 -5.6 -6.7 -7.6 -9.7 -25.5 -26.9 -45.8

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


th Other export, Agro and Baht Chart 5.05b – Sectoral contributions Contributions to total export growth

Total export Automotive 4.6 Chemicals PetroͲchemical Machinery Other manufacturing Jewellery Forestry Optical instru Apparels ReͲexports Furniture Electrical Footware Toiletries Aircrafts Photo instru Agriculture Petroleum Mining Fishery Metal Electronics Agro products Other export

-2.4 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.6 -1.5

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Apart from ASEAN and EU, export 2013 Chart 5.07a – Export by country Percent of total export in THB term

᪛ 7.1 (Trilli

100% =

᪛ 5.9

᪛ 5.2

᪛ 6.1

᪛ 6.7

Middle East

5.4

5.7

5.0

4.7

5.1

EU

13.2

11.9

11.3

10.9

9.5

11.3

10.3

10.5

10.7

10.2

11.7

11.1

11.3

12.7

12.2 18.4

18.1

17.4

18.1

21.0

21.0

Japan NAFTA Rest of the world

16.6

East Asia exͲJapan

18.3

20.1

20.4

ASEAN

22.5

21.3

23.0

24.3

24.7

08FY

09FY

10FY

11FY

12FY

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


t decreased in every regions in

Chart 5.07b – Change in Export In THB term, 2013 vs 2012

ion) 2.7% ASEAN

0.5%

-1.1%

-7.3%

-10.2%

EU

NAFTA

-1.6%

East Asia ex Japan

-1.8%

Middle East

Japan

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Import has decreased in 2013, dri intermediate and capital goods

Chart 5.09a – YTD annual change in Import in Full year 2013 vs 2012, percent

-1.9

Total import

6.6

Intermediate Ͳ Fuel

4.2

Others

1.4

Consumer goods

Intermediate Ͳ Non fuel

Capital goods

-5.7

-6.5

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


iven by the decrease in

n Baht Chart 5.09b – Sectoral contributions Contributions to total import growth

Total import

-1.9

1.2

Intermediate Ͳ Fuel

0.5

Others

0.1

Consumer goods

Capital goods

Intermediate Ͳ Non fuel

-1.6

-2.1

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Others import has gained more sh

Chart 5.08 – Import by economic classificatio Percent of total import in Baht term Ѯ 6.0

Ѯ 4.6

Ѯ 5.9

Others

8.0

7.8

10.2

Capital goods

19.3

22.3

20.9

Intermediate – NonͲFuel

44.8

43.0

44.0

Intermediate Ͳ Fuel

20.7

18.6

17.4

Consumer goods

7.1

8.3

7.5

08FY

09FY

10FY

100% =

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


hare this year

n

4

Y

Ѯ 7.0

Ѯ 7.7

Ѯ 7.7

12.4

10.9

12.1

21.3

24.6

23.2

40.0

37.6

36.0

18.9

19.1

20.6

7.5

7.8

8.0

11FY

12FY

13FY

(Trillion)

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Tourist arrivals increased 19% in 2

Chart 5.18 – International Tourist Arrivals Million visits

CAGR

8.4%

15.9 13.8 10.8

11.7

14.5

14.1

11.5

10.0

03FY 04FY 05FY 06FY 07FY 08FY 09FY 10FY Source: Department of Tourism


2013

Monthly cumulative 30.0

22.3 25.0

2013

19.2

Y 11FY 12FY

20.0

2012 15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0

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China accounted for almost half o arrivals so far this year Chart 5.19a International Tourist Arrivals by country of nationality Percent of total Rest of world

14.3

15.3

15.6

14.7

13.9

Americas

6.2

6.0

5.3

5.0

4.8

26.5

25.2

Europe

27.3

East Asia

28.7

27.9

52.1

50.0

51.2

53.8

56.1

08FY

09FY

10FY

11FY

12FY

Source: Department of Tourism; CTE analysis


of the total increase in tourist

Chart 5.19b 10 Highest Change in International Tourist Arrivals by country of nationality 2013 vs 2012, Thousands

% of total change

1,861.6

China 412.9

Russia

378.6

Malaysia

44% 10% 9%

Japan

162.7

4%

Vietnam

153.9

3%

Indonesia

140.0

3%

Singapore

132.4

3%

Korea

127.1

3%

Taiwan

107.6

3%

Laos

107.1

3%

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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No change in policy rate in Januar

Chart 3.01a – BOT’s policy rate

Feb-13

2.80% 2.70% 2.60% 2.50% 2.40% 2.30% 2.20% 2.10% 2.00% Jan-14

Chart 3.01c – Saving deposit rate* 10.00% 7.50% 5.00% Max

2.50%

Min Feb-13

0.00% Jan-14

Note: (*) All Commercial Banks registered in Thailand, excluding foreign bra

Source: Bank of Thailand


ry

Chart 3.01b – BIBOR overnight rate 2.80% 2.70% 2.60% 2.50% 2.40% 2.30% 2.20% 2.10% 2.00% Jan-14

Feb-13

Chart 3.01d – Commercial bank MLR* Max

10.00% 7.50%

Min 5.00% 2.50%

Feb-13

anches

0.00% Jan-14

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3% decrease in fiscal expenditure

Chart – Monthly cumulative Fiscal expenditure Billion Baht 3000

2500

2000

1500

1000

2

500

0

J

F

M

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis

A

M

J


e in 2013

2012

2013

J

A

S

O

N

D

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Businesses and Industries were m

Chart 1.21a – Business Sentiment Index* 100

Better

50

48.3

47.5

47.5

47.4

46.9

45.0

Worse

0 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

Note: (*) Below is the interpretation of the index: Index = 50 indicates that business sentiment remains stable Index > 50 indicates that business sentiment has improved Index < 50 indicates that business sentiment has worsened Source: Bank of Thailand, The Federation of Thai Industries


more pessimistic in December

Chart 1.21b – Thai Industries Sentiment Index** 200

Better

100

91.9

91.3

90.4

92.8

90.3

88.3

Worse

0 Jul-13 Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13

Note: (*) Below is the interpretation of the index: Index = 100 indicates that industries sentiment remains stable Index > 100 indicates that industries sentiment has improved Index < 100 indicates that industries sentiment has worsened

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Consumer were more pessimistic

Chart 1.20a – Consumer Confidence Index Overall

100

O

100

Better

Better

50

50 Worse

Worse

0

0 Jun-13

Aug-13

Oct-13

Dec-13

Jun-13

Aug-1

Note: (*) The index ranges from 0 to 100 50 means consumer confidence is equal to those of the prior mo Over 50 means consumer confidence is better than those of the Under 50 means consumer confidence is worse than those of th Source: Ministry of Commerce


c in December

On job

On future income

100

Better 50 Worse

0 3

Oct-13

onth e prior month he prior month

Dec-13

Jun-13

Aug-13

Oct-13

Dec-13

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Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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No change in consensus projectio

Chart 1.03a – Real GDP growth projections For 2013, Annual percentage change 6.00 5.50 5.00 The Economist poll

4.50

BOT

4.00 3.50

NESDB

3.00

FPO

2.50 2.00

Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14

Forecast as of, month ending

Source: NESDB, Fiscal Policy Office, Bank of Thailand, The Econo


on in January

omist

Chart 1.03b – Real GDP growth projections For 2014, Annual percentage change 6.00 5.50 5.00

BOT The Economist poll

NESDB

4.50

FPO

4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00

Aug-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Nov-13 Dec-13 Jan-14

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Thailand’s growth projections are emerging economies

Chart 1.04a – Real GDP growth projections 2013, Annual % change, as of Jan 31st 2014

7.7

China Philippines Pakistan Indonesia Vietnam India Malaysia Singapore Hong Kong Thailand South Korea Australia Brazil Taiwan US Japan Russia Euro Area -0.4

Source: The Economist

6.9 6.1 5.6 5.4 4.9 4.8 3.7 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.5


e quite low compared to other

Chart 1.04b – Real GDP growth projections 2014, Annual % change, as of Jan 31st 2014

7

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Unemployment rate increased sli

Chart 2.08 – Unemployment rate Percent

2.16

2.07 1.83 1.51

1.49 1.38

1.38

1.04

03-Avg 04-Avg 05-Avg 06-Avg 07-Avg 08-Avg 09-Avg 10-Avg 1

Source: National Statistical Office, Bank of Thailand


ghtly in November

Monthly Average 1.20

1.00

2013 0.80

0.60

0.40

0.68

2012

0.66

11-Avg 12-Avg

0.20

0.00

J F M A M J J A S O N D

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Thailand’s unemployment rate is leading economies Chart 2.09 – Unemployment rate Latest, percent Thailand Ͳ Nov Singapore Ͳ Q4 South Korea Ͳ Dec

0.7 1.8 3.0

Vietnam Ͳ 2012

3.2

Hong Kong Ͳ Dec

3.2

Malaysia Ͳ Nov

3.4

Japan Ͳ Nov

4.0

China Ͳ Q4

4.1

Taiwan Ͳ Dec

4.1

Brazil Ͳ Nov Russia Ͳ Dec Australia Ͳ Dec Pakistan Ͳ 2013 Indonesia Ͳ Q3 Philippines Ͳ Q4 US Ͳ Dec India Ͳ 2012 Euro Area Ͳ Nov Source: The Economist

4


lowest comparing to other

4.6 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.7 9.9 12.1

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Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Overall improvement in income d for only in Bangkok Chart 2.01 – Thailand’s GINI coefficient 0.55

Overall 0.50

South

0.45

0.40

0.35

0.30

'88

'90

'92

'94

'96

'98

Note: (*) The Gini coefficient is a measure of inequality of a distribution o It is defined as a ratio with values between 0 and 1 Here, 0 corresponds to perfect income equality (i.e. everyone has and 1 corresponds to perfect income inequality (i.e. one person Therefore, the lower the ratio the better the income distribution

Source: National Statistics Office, NESDB


distribution in Thailand, except

North East North Central Bangkok

'00

'02

'04

'06

'07

'09

'11

of income.

the same income) n has all the income, while everyone else has zero income). n.

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Slight improvement of income dis top and the bottom 20% Chart 2.02 – Quintile by income Percent of total income

Top 20% Bottom 20%

11.9

13.3

14.9

14.1

13.5

Top 20%

54.4

57.0

59.0

57.2

56.5

Second 20%

20.6

19.5

18.9

19.7

19.9

Third 20%

12.4

11.7

11.1

11.7

11.8

Forth 20%

8.1

7.5

7.4

7.6

Bottom 20%

4.6

4.3

7.1 4.0

4.1

4.2

1988

1990

1992

1994

1996

Source: National Statistics Office, NESDB

5

1


stribution when compared the

13.1

14.6

13.4

12.2

14.4

12.8

11.8

11.1

56.1

57.5

56.0

54.7

56.0

54.6

54.1

54.2

19.8

19.8

20.1

20.3

20.2

20.5

20.4

19.5

12.0

11.5

12.1

12.5

12.2

12.6

12.7

12.8

7.8

7.7

8.0

7.7

8.0

8.3

8.6

4.3

7.3 4.0

4.2

4.5

3.9

4.3

4.6

4.9

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2007

2009

2011 43

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Data from World Bank suggests th Thailand is not as bad as in Malay Chart 2.03 – Income equality in the world

Ratio of the share of national income going to the richest 20% Latest, selected countries Honduras Bolivia Comoros South Africa Namibia Brazil Colombia Guatemala Seychelles Central African Republic Paraguay Panama Zambia Costa Rica El Salvador Swaziland Chile Peru Qatar Ecuador Nigeria Venezuela, RB Mexico Malaysia Dominican Republic

2 26. 25.3 21.8 20.6 20.1 19.6 18.8 18.0 17.3 17.1 16.6 14.5 14.3 14.0 13.5 13.5 13.3 12.5 12.2 11.5 11.3 11.3 11.3

Source: The World Bank; CTE analysis


hat income equality problem in ysia or China

% to the share of the poorest 20%

29.7 27.8 .7

Argentina Kenya China Philippines Turkey Russian Federation Thailand Iran, Islamic Rep. Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives Lithuania Malawi Mongolia Cambodia Lao PDR Vietnam Indonesia Nepal India Bangladesh Egypt, Arab Rep. Pakistan Afghanistan Slovak Republic

11.3 11.0 9.6 8.3 7.9 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.2 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.6

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Except for only Bangkok, poverty have declined over the last decad Chart 2.04a

Chart 2.04b

Thailand Poverty Line

Number of poor pe

Baht/ month/ person

Million

3,500

25

3,000 20 2,500 15

2,000

1,500

10

1,000 5 500

0

0 '01

'03

'05

'07

'09

Legend color:

'11

Overall

'01

'03

Bangkok

'05

Centr

Note: Before 2006, poverty survey was normally conducted every 2 years. For the mi

Source: NESDB


headcount and poverty rate de Chart 2.04c

eople

Percent of Poor people Percentage of total population 60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0% '07

ral

'09

North

'11

'01

'03

North East

South

'05

'07

ssing year, we use the average value between the prior and later years

'09

'11

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Many countries in Asia and espec of their populations earning less t

Chart 2.05 – Poverty in the world, selected co

Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population), L Congo, Dem. Rep. Madagascar Nigeria Ethiopia Bangladesh TimorͲLeste India

6

Lao PDR 60.2

Pakistan

57.3

Nepal

53.3

Cambodia 46.1

Indonesia

43.4

Vietnam

41.5

Philippines 31.3

South Africa China

29.8

Bhutan

29.8

Sri Lanka

29.1

Iraq Colombia Source: The World Bank

21.4 15.8


cially ASEAN, still have majority than $2.00 a day

ountries

Latest 95.2 92.6 84.5 77.6 76.5 72.8 68.7

66.0

15.4

Egypt, Arab Rep. Venezuela, RB

12.9

Peru

12.7 10.8

Brazil

8.0

Iran, Islamic Rep. Mexico

5.2

Thailand

4.6

Turkey

4.2

Chile

2.7

Malaysia

2.3

Argentina

1.9

Romania

1.7

Bulgaria

0.4

Hungary

0.4

Montenegro

0.3

Poland

0.2

Slovak Republic

0.1

Slovenia

0.1

Croatia

0.1

Russian Federation

0.1

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An average Thai is slightly poorer more than three times richer than

Chart 2.06 – GNI per capita, selected countrie 2012 or latest, Atlas method (current US$) Monaco (1) Liechtenstein (2) Bermuda (3) Norway (4) Switzerland (5) Qatar (6) Luxembourg (7) Channel Islands (8) Denmark (9) Australia (10) Sweden (11) Macao SAR, China (12) San Marino (13) Canada (14) United States (15) Isle of Man (16) Netherlands (17) Austria (18) Japan (19) Singapore (20) Finland (21) Belgium (22) Kuwait (23) Germany (24) Andorra (25)

Source: The World Bank

1 106,920 98,860 82,730 78,720 76,960 65,440 59,770 59,570 56,210 55,720 51,470 50,970 50,120 48,550 48,250 48,160 47,870 47,210 46,940 44,990 44,730 44,010 43,110


r than an average Chinese but n an average Indian

es

( ) = World rank 186,950

36,770

France (26) 41,750 Ireland (27) 38,970 United Kingdom (29) 38,250 Hong Kong SAR,… 36,560 Brunei Darussalam… 31,590 Spain (35) 30,110 Greece (39) 23,260 Korea, Rep. (41) 22,670 Russian Federation… 12,700 Malaysia (73) 9,800 Mexico (74) 9,740 Maldives (95) 5,750 China (96) 5,740 Thailand (102) 5,210 Iran, Islamic Rep.… 4,290 TimorͲLeste (120) 3,670 Indonesia (124) 3,420 Egypt, Arab Rep. (133) 3,000 Sri Lanka (135) 2,920 Philippines (139) 2,470 Bhutan (140) 2,420 India (149) 1,530 Vietnam (152) 1,400 Lao PDR (157) 1,260 Cambodia (166) 880 48

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Using Purchasing Power Parity, Th with higher GNI per capita than C

Chart 2.07 – GNI per capita, selected countrie 2012 or latest, PPP (current international $) Qatar (1) Macao SAR, China (2) Norway (3) Luxembourg (4) Singapore (5) Switzerland (6) Hong Kong SAR, China (7) United States (8) Brunei Darussalam (9) Kuwait (10) Netherlands (11) Austria (12) Australia (13) Sweden (14) Canada (15) Denmark (16) United Arab Emirates (17) Germany (18) Belgium (19) Finland (20) France (21) Japan (22) United Kingdom (23) Ireland (24) Iceland (25)

Source: The World Bank

68

64,03 63,00 61,100 54,870 53,050 50,610 49,370 49,230 43,360 43,220 43,170 43,160 42,690 42,620 42,380 41,370 39,260 38,210 36,460 36,320 35,800 35,110 33,550


hailand’s rank improved to 89th, China

es

8,710

30

0

( ) = World rank 84,670

Italy (26) 32,280 Korea, Rep. (28) 30,890 Israel (32) 28,070 Greece (38) 24,790 Russian Federation… 22,760 Mexico (60) 16,630 Malaysia (61) 16,530 Argentina (75) 11,740 Brazil (76) 11,720 Thailand (89) 9,430 China (94) 9,210 Bhutan (105) 6,310 Sri Lanka (107) 6,120 Indonesia (119) 4,810 Philippines (121) 4,400 India (128) 3,840 Vietnam (132) 3,440 Lao PDR (137) 2,730 Cambodia (140) 2,360 Bangladesh (147) 2,070 Kenya (154) 1,760 Ethiopia (169) 1,140 Madagascar (172) 950 Niger (176) 650 Congo, Dem. Rep.… 370 49

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Increasing trend in household inc debt service year has reduced fro Chart 2.10a – Monthly income per household Average, Baht

14,963

2004

17,787

18,660

2006

2007

20,903

2009

23,236

2011

Chart 2.10b – Monthly expenditure per househ Average, Baht

12,297

2004

14,311

14,500

2006

2007

16,205

2009

Source: National Statistic Office survey; CTE analysis

17,403

2011


come, expenditure and debt, but om the recent peak in 2004

hold

Chart 2.10c – Debt per household Average, Baht

104,571

2004

116,585

116,681

2006

2007

134,699

134,900

2009

2011

Chart 2.10d – Debt service year* 3.3 2.8 2.3

2.4 1.9

2004

2006

2007

2009

2011

Note: (*) Avg. debt / (annual income – annual expenditure)

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Both headline and core inflation i

Chart 3.07a – YͲoͲY change in CPI Percent 2.50%

2.00%

Head line

1.50%

1.00%

Core* 0.50%

0.00% Aug-13 Sep-13

Oct-13

Nov-13 Dec-13

Jan-14

Note: (*) exclude raw food and energy

Source: Bureau of Trade and Economic Indices; CTE analysis


increased slightly in January

Chart 3.07b – YͲoͲY change in CPI by product January 2014, percent Meat

8.3

Eggs & milk

5.3

Tobacco & alcohol

4.0

Energy

3.6

Food away from home

3.3

Seasoning

3.1

Prepared food at home

2.6

Veg & fruit

1.8

Rice

1.6

Transport & Commu

1.4

Apparel and footware

0.9

Housing & furnishing

0.9

Recreation & Education

0.5

Non alcoholic beverage

0.5

Medical care

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Thailand’s inflation is rather on th economies Chart 3.08 – Consumer Price Index Annual percentage change

Latest 9.9

India Ͳ Dec

9.2

Pakistan Ͳ Dec

8.4

Indonesia Ͳ Dec 6.5

Russia Ͳ Dec

5.9

Brazil Ͳ Dec

5.5

Vietnam Ͳ Jan 4.3

Hong Kong Ͳ Dec

4.1

Philippines Ͳ Dec 3.2

Malaysia Ͳ Dec

2.7

Australia Ͳ Q4

2.5

China Ͳ Dec

1.9

Thailand Ͳ Jan Japan Ͳ Nov

1.6

Singapore Ͳ Dec

1.5

US Ͳ Dec

1.5

South Korea Ͳ Dec Euro Area Ͳ Dec Taiwan Ͳ Dec Note: (*) The Economist Poll

Source: The Economist

1.1 0.8 0.3


he low side compared to other

2013* 10.1 7.7 7.0 6.8 6.2 6.6 4.3 2.9 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.2 0.2 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 0.8

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Inflation at producer level increas

Chart 3.09a – YͲoͲY change in PPI Percent 3.0%

2.5%

2.0%

1.5%

1.0%

0.5%

0.0%

-0.5% Aug-13 Sep-13

Oct-13

Nov-13 Dec-13

Jan-14

Source: Bureau of Trade and Economic Indices; CTE analysis


sed slightly but remained low

Chart 3.09b – YͲoͲY change in PPI by product January 2014, percent Fishing Petroluem products Livestocks Energy Metal NonͲmetallic mineral Leather & footware Chemical Transport equip Textile Pulp & paper Wood Food Mechinery Forestry Electrical equip Crop Basic metals Rubber & plastic Other manu goods

30.5 12.4 12.0 8.4 3.5 1.2 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 -1.7 -8.5 -8.9

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Bank’s loan continued its strong g tight Chart 3.02a – Commercial Banks’ Loan THB billion 10,800 10,600 10,400 10,200 10,000 9,800 9,600 9,400 9,200 9,000 Dec-12

Jan-13

Feb-13

Mar-13

Apr-13

Ma

Chart 3.02b – Commercial Banks’ Loan/Depos Percent 100% 95%

93.1%

93.1%

93.9%

93.4%

93.5%

9

90% 85% Dec-12 Jan-13

Source: Bank of Thailand

Feb-13 Mar-13

Apr-13 M


growth while liquidity remained

M-o-M +1.6% Y-o-Y +10.7%

ay-13

Jun-13

Jul-13

Aug-13

Sep-13

Oct-13

Nov-13

95.7%

95.5%

95.0%

95.0%

it* ratio

95.3%

94.9%

May-13 Jun-13

Jul-13

93.3%

Aug-13 Sep-13

Oct-13 Nov-13

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Gross NPL increased slightly in 20 decreased as percent of total loan

Chart 3.03a – Total Financial Institutions’ Gros Billion Baht

445

06YE

458

07YE

401

08YE

380

09YE

317

10YE

270

11Y

Chart 3.03b – Total Financial Institutions’ Gros Percentage of Total Loans

7.47%

7.31% 5.29%

4.85% 3.60%

06YE

07YE

Source: Bank of Thailand

08YE

09YE

10YE

2.75

11Y


013 in absolute value but n

ss NPLs Outstanding

0

256

267

YE

12YE

13YE

2014/Q1 2014/Q2 2014/Q3

ss NPLs Outstanding

5%

YE

2.26%

2.16%

12YE

13YE

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Banks’ capital ratio decreased sig

Chart 3.04 – Capital ratio of all commercial ba % of risk assets, at year end

15.8%

16.1%

14.9% 13.4%

13.3%

1 14.0%

13.9%

12.4%

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Note: (*) All Commercial Banks registered in Thailand, excluding foreign bra

Source: Bank of Thailand


gnificantly in November

nks* Month End 17.0%

16.2%

16.5%

14.8% 16.0%

15.5%

2013

2012

15.0%

14.5%

14.0%

2011

anches

2012

13.5%

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Thailand’s real interest rate is slig Chart 3.05 – Real interest rates Percent, as of Feb 1st 2014

3M riskͲfree interest rates 10.6

Brazil

10.1

Pakistan 8.9

India

8.0

Indonesia

7.3

Russia

6.8

Vietnam

5.6

China 3.3

Malaysia South Korea

2.7

Australia

2.6 2.1

Thailand

1.4

Philippines Taiwan

0.9

Hong Kong

0.4

Singapore

0.3

Euro Area

0.3

US

0.2

Japan

0.1

Note: (*) The Economist Poll

Source: The Economist


ghtly negative

=

Expected 2013 inflation*

Real interest rates

6.2 2.4

7.7 -1.2 1.0

7.0

0.5

6.8

0.2

6.6

3.0

2.6 1.2

2.1

1.4

1.3

0.2

2.4 -0.1

2.2

-1.5

2.9

0.1

0.8 4.3 2.4

0.2

-3.9 -2.1

1.4

-1.1

1.5

-1.3 -0.1

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SET dropped another 2% in Janua Chart 3.06a – Monthly performance of SET index Percent change from prior month, at month end 6.9%

4.3%

-1.9% -5.0%

-5.3%

-9.1%

Aug-13

E Sep-13

Oct-13

Nov-13

Dec-13

Jan-14

Chart 3.06b – Cumulative net foreign fund flow SET & MAI, Billion Baht, Month end 0.0 -2.0 -4.0 -6.0 -8.0 -10.0 -12.0 -14.0 -16.0

D-13 J-14 F-14 M-14 A-14 M-14 J-14 J-14 A-14 S-14 O-14 N-14 D-14

Source: SET, The Economist; CTE analysis


ary amid foreign selling Chart 3.06c – Change since Dec 31st 2012 Percent, as of January 29th 2014 57.3%

Pakistan (KSE)

48.0%

Japan (Nikkei 225) 34.2%

US (NAScomp)

24.4%

US (S&P 500)

22.7%

Germany (DAX)

20.1%

US (DJIA)

15.7%

Euro Area (FTSE Euro 100)

14.2%

France (CAC 40) Australia (All Ord.)

12.3%

UK (FTSE 100)

11.0%

Taiwan (TWI)

9.9%

India (BSE)

6.3%

Malaysia (KLSE)

5.9% 2.3%

Indonesia (JSX) China (SSEB, $ terms)

-1.6%

HK (Hang Seng)

-2.3%

S Korea (KOSPI)

-2.8%

Singapore (STI)

-3.8%

Thailand (SET) -8.7% China (SSEA)-9.7%

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Huge government budget deficit r slightly better than in 2009

Chart 4.1 – Government budget and cash bala Percent

Budget cash balance Overall Cash balance (including non-budgetary deficit/ surp

1.4% 0.3% 0.4%

1.1%

0.0% 0.1%

-0.5%-0.6%

-1.7 -2.0%

03FY

04FY

05FY

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis

06FY

07FY


relative to GDP in 2012, only

ance as percentage of nominal GDP

plus)

-0.3% -0.7%

-1.1%-1.1%

-1.3%

% -2.6% -3.6% -4.0% -4.4%

08FY

09FY

-4.1%

10FY

11FY

12FY 62

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Budget deficit cut almost half from Chart 4.2 – Government budget balance Billion Baht

1

Revenue 1,013

1,109

16

0

Budget balance -996

-1,109

1,241

-36

-1,277

1,390

1,455

1,498

-174

-100

-1,629

-1,598

1,484

110 -364

-1,280

Expenditure

-1,849

-1

03FY 04FY 05FY 06FY 07FY 08FY 09FY 1 Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


m 2012 level

Monthly cumulative Budget balance (Billion Baht) 100.0 ,751

1,902

2,077

2013 0.0

-100.0

-75

-28 -412 -200.0

2012

-300.0

1,825

-1,930 -400.0 -2,489

-500.0

0FY 11FY 12FY

J F M A M J J A S O N D

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Smaller deficit in 2013

Chart 4.3 – Government cash balance Billion Baht

Budget cash balance Overall Cash balance (including non-budgetary deficit/ surp 110

16

24

0

88

8

-36 -45

-1 -144 -174

03FY

04FY

05FY

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis

06FY

07FY


plus)

-28 -75

00 -96

-137

-236 -266

-272

-364 -401

-412 -466

08FY

09FY

10FY

11FY

12FY

'13/12mo

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Thailand budget deficit in 2013 is GDP

Chart 4.4 – Government Budget balance as pe 2013*, percent Singapore Hong Kong South Korea Russia Philippines China Taiwan Brazil Euro Area Australia Thailand Indonesia US Vietnam

-

Malaysia -5.1

India Pakistan Japan Note: (*) The Economist Poll

Source: The Economist

-8.0 -8.2


expected to be around 3% of

ercentage of GDP 2.1 1.8 0.9 -0.5 -1.0 -1.8 -2.3 -2.7 -2.9 -3.1 -3.1 -3.3 -4.1 -4.1

-4.2

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A slight increase in Public debt so

Chart 4.5a – Composition of Public debt THB Trillion 6.0

5.0

4.0

Public debt from State Enterprises

3.0 Bond to Compensate FIDF's Loss & Prefunding debt 2.0

1.0 Direct Government debt 0.0 2009 10%

2010

2011

2012

Nov-13

8%

8%

7%

7%

Source: Public Debt Management Office

Ext as


o far in 2013

Chart 4.5b – Composition of Public debt As percentage of nominal GDP 50% 45% 40%

Public debt from State Enterprises

35% 30% 25%

Bond to Compensate FIDF's Loss & Prefunding debt

20% 15% 10%

Direct Government debt

5% 0%

2009

ternal debt percent of total

2010

2011

2012

Nov-13

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Thailand’s public debt is not high standard Chart 4.6 – Public debt in the world Percentage of GDP, 2012 or latest 1 Japan 2 Zimbabwe 3 Greece 6 Lebanon 8 Italy 9 Portugal 10 Iceland 12 Ireland 14 Singapore 15 Belgium 18 France 19 United Kingdom 20 Egypt 21 Canada 22 Spain 25 Hungary 27 Germany 28 Sri Lanka 31 Malta 33 Israel 35 United States 37 Morocco 39 Netherlands 41 Croatia 43 Bhutan

219 203 161 128 126 120 119 118 107 101 89 89 85 84 83 81 81 79 77 74 74 72 69 66 64

Source: CIA fact book; Public Debt Management Office for Thailand’s dat


compared to international

9

ta

Int’l rule of thumb <60% of GDP 52 Bahrain 53 Malaysia 54 Brazil 58 Switzerland 60 India 61 Philippines 64 Venezuela 66 Vietnam 67 Laos 74 Denmark 76 Thailand 79 Czech Republic 81 South Africa 84 New Zealand 85 Argentina 87 Turkey 92 Taiwan 95 China 100 Mexico 106 Korea, South 109 Bangladesh 113 Hong Kong 119 Australia 121 Indonesia 139 Russia

56 56 55 52 52 51 49 48 48 45 44 44 43 42 42 40 39 39 35 34 32 30 27 25 11

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CONTENT

Executive summary

Growth

Income distribution

Stability

• GDP in 3Q13 grew 2.7% from a yea Ͳ On the expenditure side, Ex Ͳ On the production side, Ma • Manufacturing production ended t production grew from a year ago • Private consumption improved slig down • Export tumbled, Import decreased, • Monetary easing with policy rate o • Businesses and consumers were m • No change in consensus projection for 2013 and 4.4Ͳ5.1% for 2014

• In November unemployment rate i countries • Thailand’s Income distribution is am improvement over the past two de • Except for only Bangkok, poverty h decade

• Head line inflation increased to 1.9 Producer Price Index increased 1.2 • Banking system is quite stable. Ban ended 2013 lower than a year ago. • Big improvement in budget deficit worrying just yet. • Balance of Payment turned to defic THB depreciated 1.2% in January.


ar ago, a slower pace than the first two quarters xport contributed the most to total real GDP growth anufacturing is the main drag he year 2013 with disappointing level, while Agriculture

htly in December while Private Investment continued to slow

, tourist arrivals grew strongly n downward trend while Fiscal spending caught up ore pessimistic in January; consensus projection is now between 2.8%Ͳ3.7% ncreased to 0.72%, still a very low rate compared to other

mong the worst in Asia but there has been overall ecades, except for only in Bangkok eadcount and poverty rate have declined over the last

93% while Core increased slightly to 1.04% in January. % from a year ago. nk’s capital ratio dropped but is still high. Total system’s NPL . Liquidity tightened as loan growth accelerated. was cut by half in 2013. Public debt is increasing but not too

cit. External debt has been increasing but still not dangerous.

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Deficit Balance of Payments in 20 service income and transfer

Chart 5.01 – Balance of Payment decompositio Billion USD

31.3 24.7

24.1

5.3 1.2

-5.0 08FY

09FY

10FY

11FY

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis

12FY

13/12mo


013 due largely to negative net Trade Balance (F.O.B) 32.6

on

29.8

17.3

08FY

17.0

09FY

10FY

11FY

8.3

6.4

12FY

13/12mo

Net service income & transfer -5.6

+

-15.2

08FY

-10.7

-11.1

-9.1

-19.7

09FY

10FY

11FY

12FY

13/12mo

Net Capital Movement + errors and omissions 22.5

21.3 2.5

2.2

-2.3

-4.7 08FY

09FY

10FY

11FY

12FY

13/12mo

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Strong Asian export engines refle surplus Chart 5.02 – Current Account balance As % of 2013 GDP* Singapore Ͳ Q3

1

Taiwan Ͳ Q3 5.8%

Vietnam Ͳ 2012 Malaysia Ͳ Q3

5.0%

South Korea Ͳ Dec

4.6% 3.1%

Philippines Ͳ Sep Russia Ͳ Q4

2.3%

Euro Area Ͳ Nov

2.0%

Hong Kong Ͳ Q3

1.9%

China Ͳ Q3

1.9% 0.9%

Japan Ͳ Nov Pakistan Ͳ Q4

-1.4%

Thailand Ͳ Q3

-1.6%

US Ͳ Q3

-2.5%

Australia Ͳ Q3

-2.8%

India Ͳ Q3

-3.1%

Brazil Ͳ Dec

-3.7%

Indonesia Ͳ Q3

-3.9%

Note: (*) The Economist Poll

Source: The Economist


ecting in huge current account

Last 12 months, USD Billion 19.9%

49.8

11.5%

56.3 9.1 14.2 70.7 11.3 33.0 279.2 5.4 183.9 37.8 -4.0 -6.1 -398.7 -51.3 -76.9 -81.4 -32.1

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Worsened trade balance in 2013 a import Chart 5.03 – Trade balance* decomposition Billion Baht

ŕľž

Cumulative Export 8,000 7,000

2012

Cumulative 8,000 7,000

6,000

6,000

5,000

5,000

4,000

4,000

3,000

3,000

2,000

2,000

1,000

2013

Y-o-Y -2.4%

0

1,000

201

0

J F M A M J J A S O N D

J F M A

Note: (*) Not equal to the one in Balance of Payment decomposition due to few adjus (**) Excluding Electricity and aircraft export, adjustment for Balance of payment (***) Excluding Electricity and military import, adjustment for Balance of payment

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


as export dropped more than

=

Import

3

Cumulative Trade balance 0

2012 -100

2012

-200 -300 -400 2013 -500 -600 Y-o-Y -1.9%

M J J A S O N D

stments t and exchange rate conversion t and exchange rate conversion

-700 -800

J F M A M J J A S O N D

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External debt level increased in a percentage of GDP Chart 5.10a – External Debt Level Billion USD 160 120 80 40 0

04YE

05YE

06YE

07YE

08YE

Chart 5.10b – External Debt as % of GDP

40.9%

04YE

37.0%

38.5%

05YE

06YE

Source: Bank of Thailand

35.4%

07YE

31.4%

08YE


bsolute value but decreased as

E

09YE

%

28.8%

E

09YE

10YE

11YE

35.2%

33.8%

10YE

11YE

12YE

13/3Q

38.8%

38.3%

12YE

13/3Q

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Structure of external debt does n year Chart 5.11a – External debt breakdown Private vs Public Private Public = General Government and Monetary Authorities

8%

92%

09YE

13%

15%

20%

20%

87%

85%

80%

80%

10YE

11YE

12YE

13/3Q

Source: Bank of Thailand


ot change much from end of last

Chart 5.11b – External debt breakdown LongͲTerm vs ShortͲTerm Long term Short term

44%

56%

09YE

50%

50%

10YE

45%

46%

44%

55%

54%

56%

11YE

12YE

13/3Q

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Capability to repay external debt concern as debt service ratio is lo Chart 5.12a – International reserves As % of ST external debt

418% 370% 340%

330%

312% 280%

08YE

09YE

10YE

11YE

12YE

13/3Q

Note: (*) Debt service payment / Export of goods and services

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


deteriorated but not yet a ow and reserves at healthy level Chart 5.12b – Debt service ratio* Percent

8.2% 7.6%

4.7%

4.2% 3.7%

3.4%

08FY

09FY

10FY

11FY

12FY

13/3Q

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Net International reserves decrea still considered excessive Chart 5.13a – International reserves level* At the end of period, Billion USD

54.4

55.9

2004

2005

106.5

118.0

2007

2008

73.9

2006

Chart 5.13b – International reserves as numbe

9.1 6.9

2004

5.7

2005

6.9

2006

2007

7.9

2008

Note: (*) Including Net Forward position (**) For the last period using average monthly import value during

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


ased slightly so far this year but

191.7

206.4

205.8

2011

2012

190.2

154.1

0

8

2009

2010

Dec-13

er of months of import** 13.8

12.6 10.8

8

2009

the last 12 months

2010

2011

10.0

2012

9.1

Dec-13

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THB depreciated slightly against k

Chart 5.17a – Nominal Effective Exchange Rate 2007=100

114.0

Baht appreciates MͲoͲM

Ͳ1.2%

112.0

110.0

108.0

106.0

104.0

102.0

100.0

YͲoͲY

Ͳ4.0%

Baht depreciates Jan-13

Apr-13

Jul-13

Oct-13

98.0

96.0 Jan-14

Note: (*) Positive numbers mean the Baht has been depreciated against those currencies, the opposite applies to negative numbers USD = US$, GBP = Pound Sterling, EUR = Euro, JPY = Yen (per 100), CNY = Yuan Renminbi, SGD = Singapore $, MYR = Malaysia Ringgit, PHP = Philippines Peso, IDR = Indonesia Rupiah (per 1,000), INR = India Rupee, KRW = Korea Won, TWD = Taiwan $, VND = Vietnam Dong, MXN = Mexico Peso, AUD = Australia $

Source: Bank of Thailand; CTE analysis


key currencies in December

e

0

0

0

0

Chart 5.17b – YͲoͲY change in FX rate* Percentage change in avg. selling rate as of Jan 31st 2014 GBP Ͳ 54.7536

15.6

VND Ͳ 0.0016

14.3

CNY Ͳ 5.5178

13.6

KRW Ͳ 0.0307

11.6

0

USD Ͳ 33.1413

10.8

0

EUR Ͳ 45.0266

10.7

0

TWD Ͳ 1.0918

7.8

0

SGD Ͳ 26.1055

7.5

MXN Ͳ 2.4797

5.4

MYR Ͳ 10.0236

2.7

PHP Ͳ 0.742

-0.4

JPY Ͳ 32.4275

-1.9

AUD Ͳ 29.2869

-6.4

INR Ͳ 0.5597

-6.8

IDR Ͳ 2.9025

-11.9

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