Economics
Thai MPs Back $60 Billion Stimulus to Counter Economic Slowdown
A motorcyclist wearing a protective mask rides past workers at the Talat Thai wholesale market in Rangsit, Pathum Thani, Thailand.
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Thailand’s parliament approved a 1.9 trillion baht ($60 billion) stimulus package to counter a recession but divisions emerged in the ruling coalition over how to monitor the program.