Gambles Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 The Nation has this dead wrong. Perhaps a bad typist, but it is NOWHERE NEAR a 22-month high. The USD/THB hit 36.29 on March 3, 2009. hence the current value is a high for the Baht! I think tht you're thinking in terms of a high for the $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambles Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 A "cheap baht" is a double edged sword anyhow - not that the Thai govt can achieve that or anything without going back to the 80s - a cheap baht will mean imports cost more and one thing Thailand needs a lot of is oil which it will have to import.also most raw materials for production. I think anything other than a free-floating baht would be about as likely as ..... Abhisit becoming the next PM hard to seeing it getting any cheaper or remaining this cheap without artifical intervention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambles Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Listen the Thanksin and redshirts have been doing their best to weaken the baht so that farangs can get more baht for their sterling, us and oz $ so that they can buy more Chang beer...but do they get any thanks from the folks on TVF...no nothing but slagging off...it will serve you all right if they accept Abhisity's deal and the baht soars... seems to be increasingly likely..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeral Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 For a country where the export markets and tourism are of prime importance this would be an eminently sensible policy to adopt. We can therefore state with some certainty it will not be adopted. Doh! You got me there! Precisely - do you really want that kind of govt here??? IUt will require Chinese style draconian measures and will upset the rest of Thailand's trading partners - never gonna happen. Even the Chinese are under pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naam Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Independent consultant John Sheehan yesterday advised Thai authorities to consider resuming the currency peg. who, pray tell, is John Sheehan? not this one i presume? General John Sheehan isn't the first bigot to blame 'the gays ... The week's most ludicrous comment comes from US Army General John Sheehan, who has blamed the Srebrenica massacre on - wait for it - the gays. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tomch...blame-the-gays/ No It's the ex-Lehman Bros banker i see. it goes without saying that qualifies him to "advise thai authorities" how to handle the thai currency Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambles Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Independent consultant John Sheehan yesterday advised Thai authorities to consider resuming the currency peg. who, pray tell, is John Sheehan? not this one i presume? General John Sheehan isn't the first bigot to blame 'the gays ... The week's most ludicrous comment comes from US Army General John Sheehan, who has blamed the Srebrenica massacre on - wait for it - the gays. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tomch...blame-the-gays/ No It's the ex-Lehman Bros banker i see. it goes without saying that qualifies him to "advise thai authorities" how to handle the thai currency I'm not his publicist but in the interests of fairness he did quit in 2008 because no-one on the inside would listen to his claims that there was a big rock and they were steered straight at it full speed ahead..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Asia Should Consider Capital Controls, UN Agency Says http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-0...s-update2-.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrSomkid Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 THB to EUR today: 40.5 The euro has managed to lose 20% against the THB in half a year. This is disastrous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommysboy Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 THB to EUR today: 40.5The euro has managed to lose 20% against the THB in half a year. This is disastrous. No it's economics, and looks set to lose more in all honesty. Euroland will have to impose quite severe austerity measures in many countries, and the effects will even be felt in Germany. I'd guess there wil be QE which will effectively devalue the Euro. Disasterous for expats I agree. You'll understand that as a UK expat I can only offer little sympathy and no financial support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeral Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Euro and the pound - I'm going on holiday to UK again this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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