Новости за 04.04.2020

Seeing how Covid-19 has transformed the way we live, it's tempting to say life will not go back to the way it was after this is all over.

'Hello, dictator!" said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary's leader, Victor Orban, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. The president of the European Commission was only joking, of course, but it was gallows humour. Dictatorship was clearly where Mr Orban was heading -- and now he has arrived.

Like many graduates who embark on a career to match the degree they earned, Pipit Aneaknithi started out as a pharmacist until his passion to make a difference turned him into a banker.

Global equities have been on a sharp downtrend ever since China began its lockdowns in late January in hopes of containing the spread of the coronavirus. The Thai bourse has also tracked the global weakness. The SET index has plunged 28% to a level equivalent to a price/earnings (PE) ratio of 12.6 times, which is an eight-year low.

Japanese car maker Nissan has temporarily adjusted production in Thailand in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and declining demand in the automotive market.

Recap: There was a mixed picture for Asian stock markets as Thailand's benchmark index closed marginally higher and posted its best weekly percentage gain since October 2015, but Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped to end lower than the previous week. Risk-averse sentiment prevailed against the backdrop of the continued Covid-19 outbreak, with infections surpassing one million globally.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the long-term issuer default rating (IDR) for Kasikornbank (KBank), Bangkok Bank (BBL) and Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) to BBB from BBB+ after revising the operating environment mid-point score for Thai banks to bbb from bbb+.

The Thai economy is forecast to shrink by 4.8% by Asian Development Bank (ADB), 5.6% by Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) and 5% by Standard Chartered Bank (Thai), heading for its deepest contraction since the financial meltdown of 1998.

New hotels in Phuket scheduled to open in the first half have postponed plans indefinitely, while new investments are in doubt. Yet long-term investors remain bullish on the Andaman island.

American manufacturers say it will be months before they meet demand for high-quality masks, part of a broader breakdown in the effort to supply enough protective gear and lifesaving equipment to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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