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FILE PHOTO: Thai finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bangkok, Thailand January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/File Photo
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s finance minister said on Wednesday that monetary policy needed to be kept accomodative and be in step with fiscal policy to support Southeast Asia’s second-biggest economy.
Speaking to a business seminar, Finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith also said that exports should be able to underpin economic growth this year.
Reporting by Orathai Sriring, Kitiphong Thaichareon, Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Editing by Ed Davies
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