{"id":622937,"date":"2026-10-07T04:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622937\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T04:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T04:42:14","slug":"bangkok-post-spending-set-to-hit-6-year-high-despite-price-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/622937\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Spending set to hit 6-year high despite price rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLISHED : 7 Oct 2026 at 07:09<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/c1_3332685_261007054552_800.jpg\"   alt=\"Spending set to hit 6-year high despite price rises\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Spending during the 2026 Vegetarian Festival is projected to reach a six-year high of 46.9 billion baht, up 2.2% year-on-year, according to a survey by the Center for Economic and Business Forecasting at the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC).<\/p>\n<p>.secirp doof rehgih ot eud nosrep rep thab 675,5 ot raey-no-raey %7 yb esir ot detcepxe si ,81-01 tcO morf dleh ,lavitsef eht gnirud gnidneps laudividni egarevA<\/p>\n<p>.ediwnoitan stnednopser 032,1 htiw 82-12 tpeS morf detcudnoc saw yevrus ehT<\/p>\n<p>.teid nairategev a ecitcarp ton od %86 elihw ,sraey 11 ni level tsewol eht ,%23 ot nellaf sah lavitsef s&#8217;raey siht gnirud snairategev fo erahs s&#8217;yrtnuoc ehT<\/p>\n<p>.noitpmusnoc taem gnicuder dna lavitsef eht gnirud ylno slaem nairategev gnitae ,tirem gnikam sa hcus snosaer detic teid nairategev a rof gnitpo stnednopseR<\/p>\n<p>.%6.44 ot esor yltnettimretni slaem nairategev tae ot gnitpo esoht elihw ,9002 ecnis level tsewol eht ,%4.55 ot deppord lavitsef yad-enin eht tuohguorht teid nairategev tcirts a gnivresbo stnapicitrap fo erahs ehT .lavitsef eht gnirud stibah remusnoc gnitfihs dewohs sgnidnif ehT<\/p>\n<p>.snoitpo desab-tnalp nezorf rof tpo lliw %8 dna ,senirhs lacol ta enid lliw %2.51 ,smeti nairategev tnatsni referp %3.12 ,emoh ta kooc lliw %6.42 ,slaem dekooc esahcrup ot nalp stnednopser fo %8.72 ,secnereferp laem gnidrageR<\/p>\n<p>.yevrus eht ot gnidrocca ,)%4.71( ecneinevnoc dna )%6.71( ecirp yb dewollof ,%9.81 ta lavitsef eht gnirud sesahcrup doof gnicneulfni rotcaf pot eht sniamer ssenilnaelC<\/p>\n<p>.lavitsef eht gnirud gnidneps troppus ot pleh lliw emehcs tnemyap-oc &#8220;sulP siahT pleH siahT&#8221; eht ,raey tsal naht secirp tneidergni dna doof rehgih tcepxe sremusnoc tsom elihw taht dias ,CCTU eht fo tnediserp ,iahcivnohP htavanahT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLISHED : 7 Oct 2026 at 07:09 Spending during the 2026 Vegetarian Festival is projected to reach a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,13826,219,39822,111,139,69,306376,196990,299627,306375,7216,306374],"class_list":["post-622937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-consumer-spending","tag-economy","tag-food-prices","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-retail-trends","tag-thailand-economy","tag-thais-help-thais-plus","tag-utcc-survey","tag-vegetarian-diet","tag-vegetarian-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622937","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=622937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}