Last Updated: 31-May-11 (Data update until Apr 2011)
2010 2011
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
The Real Sector(% from the same period of last year, unless specificed otherwise)
Mfg. Prod.Idx SA(level) 188.7 189.2 189.5 188.3 187.0 180.8
Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA(level) 190.4 188.4 186.9 177.8 198.2 165.9
Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA 5.7 -3.4 4.1 -3.0 -6.7 -7.8
Industrial Capacity Util.(%) 63.6 62.4 62.3 59.5 66.1 54.6
Private Consumption Indicators
-Retail Sales(at 2002 prices) 8.1 7.9 9.4 8.8 3.8 n.a.
-Passenger Car Sales(units) 39.7 28.2 49.6 49.6 80.3 17.8
-Motorcycle Sales(units) 9.3 18.2 7.5 24.3 13.2 15.5
-Imports of Consumer Goods 16.9 12.7 22.0 7.5 20.4 17.5
Private Investment Indicators
-Commercial Car Sales(units) 37.3 29.9 29.7 37.6 28.5 17.7
-Imports of Capital Goods1/ 20.5 13.8 30.5 10.5 31.2 21.1
-Cement Sales(tons) 4.2 8.7 3.8 4.8 2.3 2.7
Government Cash Balance(Bn.Bt) -104 -14 -120.4 -18.8 -58.0 -5.5
Consumer Price Index2/ 2.8 3.0 3.03 2.87 3.14 4.04
-Food 5.8 5.6 5.94 5.15 5.87 8.59
-Non-Food 1.1 1.6 1.34 1.53 1.53 1.35
Core Inflation
(excluding raw food&energy)2/ 1.1 1.4 1.32 1.45 1.62 2.07
External Accounts(Millions of US$, unless specified otherwise)
Exports 3/ 17,584 17,220 16,523 18,406 21,072 17,243
(% US$) (28.7) (18.6) (21.4) (29.1) (31.0) (24.7)
Imports 3/ 17,094 15,911 17,111 16,375 19,180 17,720
(% US$) (35.0) (8.8) (31.2) (18.6) (27.2) (26.3)
Trade Balance 490 1,310 -588 2,031 1,892 -477
Current Account Balance 4/ 1,019 1,750 1,090 3,823 1,881 -165
Net Capital Flow 4/ 5/ 394 -66 894 -44 -611 2,005
-Monetary authorities 6/ -34 1,151 1,561 150 -19 1,438
-Government -152 15 228 145 225 307
-Bank 516 -1,122 1,455 -359 388 -1,479
-Others 64 -110 -2,350 20 -1,205 1,739
Balance of Payments 820 2,263 1,689 4,271 1,365 3,570
Official Reserves(bn.US$) 168.0 172.1 174.0 179.5 181.6 189.9
Monetary Statistics(End of Period)(Billions of Baht)
Monetary Base 1,109.9 1,243.3 1,233.3 1,233.6 1,267.9 1,202.5
(%) (9.3) (12.7) (17.4) (12.2) (15.5) (9.3)
Narrow Money 1,235.4 1,302.4 1,326.2 1,346.4 1,345.6 1,347.6
(%) (10.8) (10.9) (15.5) (13.4) (13.8) (14.0)
Broad Money 11,497.6 11,776.4 11,817.2 12,152.9 12,286.5 12,469.3
(%) (11.1) (10.9) (11.5) (13.7) (13.2) (15.1)
Depository Corporations Deposits 7 10,387.9 10,584.9 10,606.3 10,834.2 10,891.3 10,964.4
(%) (8.1) (8.7) (8.8) (10.3) (9.0) (9.9)
Despository Corp. Private Credits 9,751.1 9,947.0 10,064.5 10,209.7 10,308.2 10,375.0
(%) (12.3) (12.6) (14.5) (15.1) (14.9) (15.3)
Interest Rates(% p.a.)
-Repurchase Rate,1 day
(closing rate daily avg.) 1.75 2.00 2.18 2.25 2.43 2.62
-Overnight Interbank Rate
(mode daily avg.) 1.62 1.88 2.06 2.12 2.31 2.49
-Fixed Deposit Rate(1 year) 8/ 1.1-1.50 1.40-1.70 1.60-1.85 1.60-1.85 1.85-2.00 2.00-2.30
-Prime Rate(MLR) 8/ 6.00-6.38 6.12-6.50 6.37-6.75 6.37-6.75 6.62-7.00 6.75-7.13
Exchange Rate(Baht : US$) 29.87 30.10 30.57 30.69 30.33 30.02
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