Last Updated: 03-May-11 (Data update until Mar 2011)
2010 2011
Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
The Real Sector(% from the same period of last year, unless specificed otherwise)
Mfg. Prod.Idx SA(level) 187.8 188.7 189.2 189.6 188.7 188.5
Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA(level) 191.2 190.4 188.4 186.9 177.8 198.3
Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA 6.0 5.7 -3.4 4.1 -3.0 -6.7
Industrial Capacity Util.(%) 63.9 63.6 62.4 62.3 59.5 65.9
Private Consumption Indicators
-Retail Sales(at 2002 prices) 5.3 8.1 7.8 9.3 8.6 n.a.
-Passenger Car Sales(units) 43.2 40.9 28.5 49.6 49.0 80.9
-Motorcycle Sales(units) 2.0 9.3 18.2 7.5 24.3 12.9
-Imports of Consumer Goods 11.3 16.9 12.7 22.0 7.5 20.4
Private Investment Indicators
-Commercial Car Sales(units) 28.9 36.3 29.8 29.0 37.0 26.2
-Imports of Capital Goods1/ 11.6 20.5 13.8 30.5 10.5 31.2
-Cement Sales(tons) -7.2 -1.8 -0.3 4.5 3.4 -0.6
Government Cash Balance(Bn.Bt) -76.0 -104 -14 -120.4 -18.8 -58.0
Consumer Price Index2/ 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.03 2.87 3.14
-Food 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.94 5.15 5.87
-Non-Food 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.34 1.53 1.53
Core Inflation
(excluding raw food&energy)2/ 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.32 1.45 1.62
External Accounts(Millions of US$, unless specified otherwise)
Exports 3/ 17,046 17,584 17,220 16,523 18,406 21,072
(% US$) (16.6) (28.7) (18.6) (21.4) (29.1) (31.0)
Imports 3/ 14,773 17,094 15,911 17,111 16,375 19,180
(% US$) (14.4) (35.0) (8.8) (31.2) (18.6) (27.2)
Trade Balance 2,273 490 1,310 -588 2,031 1,892
Current Account Balance 4/ 2,740 1,019 1,750 1,090 3,823 1,881
Net Capital Flow 4/ 5/ 2,759 394 -66 894 -44 291
-Monetary authorities 6/ 200 -34 1,151 1,561 150 -19
-Government 429 -152 15 228 145 270
-Bank 3,997 516 -1,122 1,455 -359 995
-Others -1,867 64 -110 -2,350 20 -956
Balance of Payments 5,822 820 2,263 1,689 4,271 1,365
Official Reserves(bn.US$) 171.1 168.0 172.1 174.0 179.5 181.6
Monetary Statistics(End of Period)(Billions of Baht)
Monetary Base 1,072.2 1,109.9 1,243.3 1,233.3 1,233.6 1,267.9
(%) (9.6) (9.3) (12.7) (17.4) (12.2) (15.5)
Narrow Money 1,202.3 1,235.4 1,302.4 1,326.2 1,346.4 1,345.6
(%) (11.4) (10.8) (10.9) (15.5) (13.4) (13.8)
Broad Money 11,323.3 11,497.6 11,776.4 11,817.2 12,152.9 12,286.5
(%) (11.2) (11.1) (10.9) (11.5) (13.7) (13.2)
Depository Corporations Deposits 7 10,206.0 10,387.9 10,584.9 10,606.3 10,834.2 10,892.6
(%) (8.5) (8.1) (8.7) (8.8) (10.3) (9.1)
Despository Corp. Private Credits 9,580.3 9,751.1 9,947.0 10,064.5 10,209.6 10,308.5
(%) (12.1) (12.3) (12.6) (14.5) (15.0) (14.9)
Interest Rates(% p.a.)
-Repurchase Rate,1 day
(closing rate daily avg.) 1.75 1.75 2.00 2.18 2.25 2.43
-Overnight Interbank Rate
(mode daily avg.) 1.62 1.62 1.88 2.06 2.12 2.31
-Fixed Deposit Rate(1 year) 8/ 1.1-1.50 1.1-1.50 1.40-1.70 1.60-1.85 1.60-1.85 1.85-2.00
-Prime Rate(MLR) 8/ 6.00-6.38 6.00-6.38 6.12-6.50 6.37-6.75 6.37-6.75 6.62-7.00
Exchange Rate(Baht : US$) 29.96 29.87 30.11 30.58 30.71 30.36
1/ Excluding transportation 2/ Ministry of Commerce reports the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
in two-digit decimal point from January 2011 onwards 3/ BOP Basis 4/ 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
5/ The latest net capital flow data shown is preliminary which will be revised in the following
month. 6/ Include investment in BOT bond by non-residents since 2005 7/ Depository Corporations
comprise Domestically Registered Commercial Banks, Branches of Foreign Banks, International
Banking Facilities, Finance Companies, Specialized Banks, Thrift and Credit Cooperatives and
Money Market Mutual Funds. 8/ As quoted by the 5 largest banks p = preliminary e = estimate