16-07-2025
Thai Central Bank Contender Touts Need to Work With Government
A contender to be Bank of Thailand's next governor said she'd be 'a little more aggressive' in articulating the path for interest rates, calling for closer coordination of monetary and fiscal policies.
'As we have very limited resources, every bullet that we use would have to be more effective,' Deputy Governor Roong Mallikamas said in an interview in Bangkok on Tuesday. 'That probably could be done only if we were in collaboration and our policies are directed in the same direction in a cohesive manner and better coordinated.'