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Discussion 9 : 17 Jan 2013 at 08.129
Khun Morgo #8, it was President Bill Clinton who lit the fuse of what to become 2007 US Financial Crisis, by deregulating the US Banking Industry, not Reagan nor Thatcher, OK?
Discussion 8 : 17 Jan 2013 at 08.078
After the events of 2008 who cares!
The ratings agencies have been shown for what they are - just another tool for the worlds 100 richest people who are now worth $1.9 trillion. When are we going to wake up to the fact that the grand experiment as outlined by Hayek & Friedman and put in place by Thatcher and Regan, has totally failed. Cutting taxes for the rich, privatising state owned assets, deregulating labour & reducing socal security has been a complete disaster.Discussion 7 : 16 Jan 2013 at 19.347
@discussion 7 - It's been that way for some time now.
Discussion 6 : 16 Jan 2013 at 08.576
Khun Djay #5, the US is on its last gas as it continues to abuse its US dollar as the world's "reserved currency" status. And the more it continues to print money out of thin air by the trillions of dollars indefinitely 24/7, the sooner the collapse of the dollar will come. Once the dollar loses its "reserve currency" status, as happened to the UK right after WWII, it will be all over for the US of A. How long do you think its trading partners continue to want to be paid by "paper" with nothing, like Gold, to guarantee it. Is Thailand printing its baht out of thin air by the trillions indefinitely?
Discussion 5 : 16 Jan 2013 at 07.435
D4, while the ratings for the US are not great, they are still better than those for Thailand in all areas - local currency, foreign currency, and convertibility.
Discussion 4 : 16 Jan 2013 at 06.514
However, compare with credit rating of Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the USA, Thailand's credit rating should smell like a rose!
Discussion 3 : 15 Jan 2013 at 14.313
Responsible government doesnt have to worry about things like this .
Discussion 2 : 15 Jan 2013 at 11.292
Creating massive debt through give-away programs should work as well for Thailand as it did for Greece and Italy. They'll be lucky if it's not reduced.
Discussion 1 : 15 Jan 2013 at 07.171
“With good economic indicators and political stability”… Which country are you talking about?
Is the super expensive rice corruption scheme a “good economic indicator”?
Does remote controlled PT with their plan to whitewash the fugitive criminal stand for “political stability”?
The only credit ratings which will be upgraded are for people who get “commissions” for all the mega projects they arrange - paid with our tax money.
