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Long recovery road for banks - Ten years on, Thai banks have gone through several transitions to distance themselves from the hard-to-forget nightmare of the 1997 financial crisis. (July 03, 2007)
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RISING FROM THE ASHES - Three business tycoons reflect on the devastation of the 1997 financial crisis, and how they bounced back (July 02, 2007)
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Tarrin's medicine revived patient - When Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda took over as finance minister in November 1997, he confronted a badly hit country. He presided over a tough economic and financial-reform programme that won more enemies than friends. (June 29, 2007)
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How should the baht be handled? - Thailand has adopted a managed-float exchange-rate regime for the last 10 years, endeavouring to follow the global trend that lets market mechanisms fully function. (June 28, 2007)
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More turmoil 'still possible' - Although Thailand was unlikely to face a crisis like the 1997 financial meltdown, the country was not immune from more economic turmoil that could come from a US dollar collapse, global economic imbalances and persistent political uncertainty, the finance minister warned yesterday. (June 27, 2007)
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The day that shook the world - Anoop Singh is now director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He recalls his experiences as head of IMF missions to Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia and offers a global perspective on the lesson of the Asian crisis. (June 27, 2007)
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The
1997 meltdown: a hard lesson learned by the banks - According to Kosit Pampiemras, the deputy prime minister
and industry minister, Thailand will never again face a financial
crisis on the scale of the 1997 meltdown. That hard lesson
has been learned. . (June 26, 2007)
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Decade
on from crisis - From one of Asia's tiger
economies in the previous decade, the floating of the baht
on July 2, 1997, turned Thailand into a whimpering cat. (June
25, 2007)
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