{"id":721484,"date":"2026-07-31T19:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721484\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:28:25","slug":"bangkok-post-thailand-records-current-account-deficit-of-3-5-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/721484\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok Post &#8211; Thailand records current account deficit of $3.5 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLISHED : 31 Jul 2026 at 14:44<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c1_3294534_800.jpg\"   alt=\"Tourists and locals visit the Hollywood Street building in Ratchathewi district, Bangkok, in July 2026. The building has been closed for renovation. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut)\" class=\"img-fluid\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTourists and locals visit the Hollywood Street building in Ratchathewi district, Bangkok, in July 2026. The building has been closed for renovation. (Photo: Nutthawat Wichieanbut)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Thailand recorded \u200ba \u200ccurrent account deficit of US$3.5 billion in June, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200beconomy \u2060was steady in June compared to the \u200cprevious month, the BoT said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2060Exports, a key driver of the economy, rose 21.1% in June from a year \u200bearlier while imports jumped 48.9%, the central bank \u200bsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u200cThe private investment index rose 0.5% \u200bin \u2060June on the month while the private \u2060consumption index was up 1.1%, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The economy \u2060slowed in the \u200bsecond quarter of 2026 compared to the prior quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PUBLISHED : 31 Jul 2026 at 14:44 Tourists and locals visit the Hollywood Street building in Ratchathewi district,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[53597,84,33600,1294,238544,238543,150197,238542,160933,238545,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-721484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-bank-of-thailand","tag-business","tag-current-account-deficit","tag-economy","tag-private-consumption-index","tag-private-investment-index","tag-thai-exports","tag-thai-imports","tag-thailand-economy","tag-thailand-gdp","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}