The cabinet has approved the expansion of the list of price-controlled goods and services to 66, with fish sauce, soy sauce and white sea bass among the additions.

The baht is likely to continue its depreciation trend in the near term after falling below 33 to the dollar, unless the Bank of Thailand sends a hawkish signal on Wednesday about a potential interest rate increase, says Kasikorn Research Center.

The cabinet has approved a common ticketing scheme for Bangkok’s electric rail services, setting fares at 17 to 45 baht per trip, depending on distance, Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said on Tuesday.

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is widely expected to leave its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 1% at Wednesday’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, with research houses noting that subdued inflationary pressures and heightened external uncertainties warrant a steady stance.

Thai police arrested about 30,000 scammers, including gang leaders, impounded about 24 billion baht of their assets and took legal action against 1,450 proxy companies over the past nine months.

WASHINGTON — Alan Greenspan, the longtime United States Federal Reserve (Fed) chief who presided over an unprecedented period of American economic expansion but was later faulted for failing to rein in markets ahead of the 2008 global financial crisis, has died.