© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view of Bangkok’s port along Chao Phraya River is photographed during sunset in Bangkok, Thailand, July 19, 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
BANGKOK(Reuters) – Thailand’s economy expanded at a slower-than-expected pace in the third quarter, weighed down by weak exports and agriculture but supported by consumption and the continued recovery in tourism, the state planning agency said on Monday.
Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy has faced sluggish global demand while investor confidence in Thailand dropped despite the end of a political deadlock following an election in May.
The new government, which took office in August, has planned various stimulus measures.
Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 1.5% in the July-September quarter from a year earlier, the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) said on Monday, down from the 2.4% growth predicted by economists in a Reuters poll.
GDP had risen 1.8% year-on-year in the second quarter.
On a quarterly basis, GDP rose a seasonally adjusted 0.8% in the September quarter, versus a forecast rise of 1.2%, and against 0.2% seasonally adjusted growth in the previous…
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