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Bangkok Post – Warning over minimum wage increase

Construction workers eat at a motorway project site in Nonthaburi province in April last year. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) said that if the government raises the minimum daily wage to 400 baht nationwide, it may lead to GDP growing at at a rate below 2.6% and increase the rate of inflation to 3%, affecting consumer purchasing power.

Thanavath Phonvichai, president of the UTCC, said a survey of 403 business operators…

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