IMF Staff Country Reports

Thailand: Selected Issues

Publication Date:

January 9, 2004

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This Selected Issues paper reviews the aggregate balance-sheet analysis that describes the improvement in Thailand's overall balance sheet since the crisis, and also highlights the potential vulnerabilities. It assesses the public debt and contingent liabilities, and developments in the banking sector. It discusses the operations of Specialized Financial Institutions and related regulatory issues, the financial and corporate sector restructuring, and also presents an overview of developments in nonperforming loans and assets. It reviews the growth without credit feature of Thailand, which explains how firms have financed their operations after the crisis.

Series:

Country Report No. 2004/001

Subject:

Banking Credit Financial institutions Financial statements Loans Money Nonperforming loans Public debt Public financial management (PFM)