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Bangkok Post – Analysts trim Thai growth outlook

A group of Chinese tourists pose for a photo in the underground tunnel in front of the Grand Palace. Mr Pipat says a muted recovery by the Chinese tourist market remains a key risk factor for BofA forecasts.

Despite two anticipated interest rate cuts this year, analysts are downgrading Thailand’s economic growth outlook, citing lower tourism revenue and increasing uncertainty surrounding the digital wallet policy.

BofA Securities, a unit of Bank of America, cut its Thai GDP forecast this year from 3.7% to 2.6% as it no longer assumes the 500-billion-baht digital handout policy will be launched.

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