{"id":126001,"date":"2025-11-09T09:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/126001\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T09:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:21:18","slug":"study-finds-thais-the-burden-bearers-of-asean-as-expenses-rise-but-incomes-stagnate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/126001\/","title":{"rendered":"Study finds Thais the \u2018burden-bearers of ASEAN\u2019 as expenses rise but incomes stagnate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Study finds Thais the \u2018burden-bearers of ASEAN\u2019 as expenses rise but incomes stagnate\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1300px; height: 731px;\" width=\"1300\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nDespite a slight rise in Thailand\u2019s consumer confidence index in 2025, Thai households remain in \u201ccautious spending mode\u201d, reflecting persistent economic uncertainty and high living costs, according to the ASEAN Consumer Sentiment Study (ACSS) by UOB Bank in collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1030\" data-start=\"758\">The survey found that 39% of Thai consumers are confident in the country\u2019s economic outlook, up 4% from the previous year. However, most respondents continue to spend conservatively, prioritising quality of life, health, and education over immediate consumption.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1030\" data-start=\"758\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1762680078_610_lg-webp.webp\" alt=\"Study finds Thais the \u2018burden-bearers of ASEAN\u2019 as expenses rise but incomes stagnate\" class=\"img-fluid w-100 showcaption-false\" style=\"width: 1300px; height: 731px;\" width=\"1300\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1436\" data-start=\"1032\">&#13;<br \/>\nYuttachai Teyarachakul, Managing Director, Country Function Head of Personal Financial Services at UOB Thailand, said Thai consumers are in a period of \u201cfinancial rebalancing,\u201d giving more importance to self-development and future planning. \u201cWe are seeing stronger financial responsibility among consumers. Despite lingering risks, they are striving to maintain both financial stability and quality of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Despite a slight rise in Thailand\u2019s consumer confidence index in 2025, Thai households remain in \u201ccautious spending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[251,138,13826,2917,219,6132,111,139,69,801,4578],"class_list":{"0":"post-126001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-consumer-spending","11":"tag-cost-of-living","12":"tag-economy","13":"tag-income","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-rising","18":"tag-savings"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}