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The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) has proposed cutting the fuel tax to reduce pressure on the Oil Fund.

Most hotel operators in Thailand only have enough funds to last them for less than three months, a survey conducted by the Thai Hotels Association (THA) showed.

About 70 to 80 per cent of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are suffering from a lack of liquidity since the third Covid-19 wave hit Thailand in late March and 100,000 could close for good, warned Saengchai Theerakulwanich, president of the Federation of Thai SMEs, calling for urgent government help.

MCOT does not need a rehabilitation plan despite recording a Bt877-million loss in the first quarter, the Ministry of Finance said.

The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry has announced plans to establish 3,000 foreign investment funds to support Thai farmers and deal with food shortages.

The Cabinet has given the okay to the National Housing Authority (NHA) to take a Bt2 billion loan to mitigate its liquidity shortage or use as capital under the public-debt management plan for the 2020 fiscal year.

JPMorgan Chase is looking to help blue-chip companies untether trillions of dollars locked up in corporate supply chains globally through a new technology partnership.

PTG Energy has informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand that its board of directors has decided to postpone the 2020 annual shareholders meeting from the original schedule of April 24 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Federation of Thai SME recently conducted a survey among its members and submitted a report of their problems to the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion , said Chonrungsri Chalermchaikit, the federation’s president.

State agencies involved in monetary and fiscal policies convened a meeting on Monday (January 20) on new measures to boost liquidity in the Thai economy, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak.

Moody’s Investors Service says that its Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (Asian LSI) fell to 26.2 per cent in December last year, from 26.4 per cent in November and 30.3 per cent at the end of 2016, signifying an improvement in liquidity for high-yield companies in Asia in December and from the end of 2016.