Economics

Thailand Says Policy Committee Won’t Interfere With Central Bank

  • Government plans panel to coordinate monetary, fiscal policy
  • Finance Ministry, Bank of Thailand would be among its members

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Thailand said a planned policy-coordination committee comprising Finance Ministry and central bank officials won’t interfere with the workings of the monetary authority.

“They have their own work and power,” Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana told reporters Friday in Bangkok. “We won’t interfere with that.”