Last Updated: 03-Oct-11 (Data update until Aug 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) 186.6 179.1 183.0 197.3 187.8 195.1
Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA(level) 198.2 165.3 178.1 201.6 188.9 196.5
Mfg. Prod. Idx w/out SA -6.7 -8.1 -3.7 3.8 -0.7 7.0
Industrial Capacity Util.(%) 66.1 54.4 58.8 64.1 63.1 64.7
Private Consumption Indicators
-Retail Sales(at 2002 prices) 10.5 6.1 6.1 5.6 7.8 n.a.
-Passenger Car Sales(units) 80.3 17.8 -15.2 -0.5 12.2 26.4
-Motorcycle Sales(units) 13.2 15.5 14.7 22.9 0.4 26.1
-Imports of Consumer Goods(at 2000 20.4 17.5 14.4 4.2 9.5 17.1
Private Investment Indicators
-Commercial Car Sales(units) 28.5 17.7 -6.2 -0.3 10.1 15.7
-Imports of Capital Goods1/(at 200 31.2 21.2 9.2 8.9 10.4 17.0
-Cement Sales(thousand tonne) 2.3 3.8 -2.7 3.7 6.6 11.7
Government Cash Balance(Bn.Bt) -58.2 -5.5 13.9 178.7 -38.6 -9.8
Consumer Price Index2/ 3.14 4.04 4.19 4.06 4.08 4.29
-Food 5.87 8.59 8.38 7.76 7.17 8.43
-Non-Food 1.53 1.35 1.69 1.81 2.21 1.77
Core Inflation
(excluding raw food&energy)2/ 1.62 2.07 2.48 2.55 2.59 2.85
External Accounts(Millions of US$, unless specified otherwise)
Exports 3/ 21,072 17,243 19,284 20,816 21,098 20,940
(% US$) (30.7) (25.0) (17.3) (16.4) (36.4) (28.4)
Imports 3/ 17,325 15,932 17,098 17,017 16,546 20,235
(% US$) (27.6) (26.2) (34.5) (23.6) (13.2) (45.9)
Trade Balance 3,747 1,310 2,186 3,799 4,552 705
Current Account Balance 4/ 1,692 -350 -656 2,402 3,438 -697
Capital Account 13 0 -65 0 0 -40
Financial Account 4/ 5/ -700 2,430 -294 -2,987 -2,850 205
-Central Bank 6/ -19 1,849 -2,048 -448 2,316 -1,451
-Government 226 304 236 23 873 936
-Other Depository Corporations (OD 469 -1,346 1,534 -178 -5,731 734
-Others -1,375 1,623 -16 -2,384 -309 -14
Balance of Payments 1,365 3,570 -2,600 -972 541 -556
Official Reserves(bn.US$) 181.6 189.9 185.5 184.9 187.6 183.0
Monetary Statistics(End of Period)(Billions of Baht)
Monetary Base 1,267.9 1,201.9 1,192.9 1,223.4 1,206.8 1,219.2
(%) (15.5) (9.3) (9.6) (14.1) (13.1) (16.6)
Narrow Money 1,345.6 1,347.0 1,396.4 1,337.4 1,336.3 1,345.2
(%) (13.8) (13.9) (10.7) (13.3) (13.9) (13.9)
Broad Money 12,281.9 12,495.2 12,575.1 12,610.6 12,789.0 12,883.9
(%) (13.1) (15.4) (14.3) (16.3) (17.5) (17.5)
Depository Corporations Deposits 7 10,891.6 10,980.6 11,092.8 10,993.2 11,077.8 11,162.6
(%) (9.0) (10.1) (8.4) (10.1) (11.1) (11.4)
Despository Corp. Private Credits 10,308.2 10,376.2 10,517.7 10,679.1 10,718.9 10,899.9
(%) (14.9) (15.3) (15.6) (16.1) (16.3) (17.2)
Interest Rates(% p.a.)
-Repurchase Rate,1 day
(closing rate daily avg.) 2.43 2.62 2.75 3.00 3.16 3.32
-Overnight Interbank Rate
(mode daily avg.) 2.31 2.49 2.62 2.90 3.06 3.22
-Fixed Deposit Rate(1 year) 8/ 1.85-2.00 2.00-2.30 2.00-2.30 2.2-2.5 2.45-2.75 2.45-3.00
-Prime Rate(MLR) 8/ 6.62-7.00 6.75-7.12 6.75-7.12 6.87-7.25 7.12-7.5 7.12-7.50
Exchange Rate(Baht : US$) 30.36 30.04 30.25 30.52 30.07 29.87
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