79% of Thais want digital wallet money to spend – NIDA Poll

About 79% of respondents to a National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) poll say that they will accept the 10,000 baht one-time subsidy from the government under the “digital wallet” scheme and will use it to buy goods and services, while 60% believe that the popularity of the ruling Pheu Thai party will suffer if the scheme is scrapped.

The poll also shows that 13.51% of the respondents say they will not accept the money and 5.42% say they will accept it, but will not spend it.

25.27% say they are very concerned and 30.92% of the respondents are somewhat concerned that the scheme will drive up the prices of goods and inflation and will not stimulated the economy, as predicted by a group of 99 academics, including several former economics deans of universities and two former central bank governors. 28.47% say they are not concerned at all.

60% of the respondents…