Date: 6-Jan-2011 (Data Updated until Nov 2010)
2010
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov The Real Sector(% from the same period of last year, unless specificed otherwise) Mfg. Prod.Idx SA(level) 191.9 188.8 182.5 189.3 187.9 189.2 Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA(level) 194.2 190.1 183.7 201.5 191.2 190.4 Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA 14.2 13.1 8.4 8.1 6.0 5.6 Industrial Capacity Util.(%) 65.4 64.8 63.6 64.4 63.9 63.6 Private Consumption Indicators -Retail Sales(at 2002 prices) 11.6 12.5 8.2 9.0 4.5 n.a. -Passenger Car Sales(units) 86.2 74.3 59.4 45.8 43.2 40.9 -Motorcycle Sales(units) 43.2 34.2 20.0 9.3 2.0 9.3 -Imports of Consumer Goods1/(at2000prices) 37.4 13.5 27.4 9.2 11.3 16.9 Private Investment Indicators -Commercial Car Sales(units) 44.6 37.0 46.4 35.6 28.9 36.3 -Imports of Capital Goods1/(at 2000prices) 42.9 27.9 32.0 21.7 11.6 20.5 -Cement Sales(tons) 6.4 3.5 -4.5 3.7 -7.2 -1.8 Government Cash Balance(Bn.Bt) 122.6 -56.3 -0.1 67.4 -76.0 -104 Consumer Price Index 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.8 -Food 6.1 6.9 7.5 6.6 5.5 5.8 -Non-Food 1.5 1.4 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.1 Core Inflation(excluding raw food & energy) 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 External Accounts(Millions of US$, unless specified otherwise) Exports 2/ 17,877 15,475 16,292 17,955 17,046 17,584 (% US$) (47.1) (21.2) (23.6) (21.8) (16.6) (28.7) Imports 2/ 15,334 16,266 15,440 14,712 14,773 17,094 (% US$) (38.3) (36.5) (41.8) (15.7) (14.4) (35.0) Trade Balance 2,542 -791 852 3,243 2,273 490 Current Account Balance 3/ 821 -1001 280 2767 2740 1019 Net Capital Flow 3/ 4/ 741 2980 3206 1126 2405 443 -Monetary authorities 5/ 173 261 149 409 200 -35 -Government 96 423 901 584 443 -162 -Bank 2554 524 1859 486 3976 584 -Others -2082 1772 297 -354 -2215 56 Balance of Payments 2166 1412 3589 4270 5822 820 Official Reserves(bn.US$) 146.8 151.5 155.2 163.2 171.1 168.0 Monetary Statistics(End of Period)(Billions of Baht) Monetary Base 1,072.0 1,066.9 1,045.6 1,118.1 1,072.2 1,109.9 (%) (9.3) (11.3) (8.0) (13.7) (9.6) (9.3) Narrow Money 1,180.2 1,173.0 1,181.4 1,175.5 1,202.3 1,235.4 (%) (15.1) (15.8) (11.4) (11.7) (11.4) (10.8) Broad Money 10,846.4 10,887.1 10,968.1 11,116.1 11,322.4 11,497.3 (%) (7.0) (8.8) (8.5) (9.9) (11.2) (11.1) Depository Corporations Deposits 6/ 9,983.3 9,974.5 10,015.9 10,091.6 10,205.0 10,389.3 (%) (6.2) (7.6) (6.6) (7.8) (8.5) (8.1) Despository Corporations Private Credits 6/ 9,196.7 9,219.7 9,299.8 9,432.7 9,580.3 9,743.9 (%) (8.5) (9.1) (9.8) (10.8) (12.1) (12.2) Interest Rates(% p.a.) -Repurchase Rate,1 day (closing rate daily avg.) 1.25 1.40 1.56 1.75 1.75 1.75 -Overnight Interbank Rate(mode daily avg.) 1.13 1.27 1.43 1.62 1.62 1.62 -Fixed Deposit Rate(1 year) 7/ 0.65-0.7 1.00-1.2 1.00-1.2 1.1-1.50 1.1-1.50 1.1-1.50 -Prime Rate(MLR) 7/ 5.85-6.2 6.00-6.3 6.00-6.3 6.00-6.3 6.00-6.3 6.00-6.38 Exchange Rate(Baht : US$) 32.47 32.33 31.74 30.83 29.97 29.89 1/ Excluding transportation 2/ BOP Basis 3/ From October 2006, the reinvested earning data (R.E.) is included in the Financial Account, with corresponding contra entry under "Investment Income" item by the same amount in the Current Account. Also, adjustments are made to the Balance of Payments data series to reflect RE since 2001. (Detail on BOT Press release No.45/2006) http://www.bot.or.th/bothomepage/General/pressReleasesAndSpeeches/PressReleases/news2549/Eng/n4549e.htm 4/ The latest net capital flow data shown is preliminary which will be revised in the following month. 5/ Include investment in BOT bond by non-residents since 2005 6/ Depository corporations Domestically Registered Commercial Banks, Branchese of Foreign Banks, International Banking Facilities, Finance Companies, Specialized Banks, Thrift and Credit Cooperatives and Money Market Mutual Funds. 7/ As quoted by the 5 largest banks p = preliminary e = estimate