According to the Public Debt Management Office, Thailand’s outstanding public debt as of September 30 increased slightly from the month before to Bt5.98 trillion, representing 42.73 per cent of GDP. In August, the public debt was at Bt5.95 billion, or 42.64 per cent of GDP. Of the total amount, Bt5.64 trillion was domestic debt, representing 94.21 per cent of the total public debt, and Bt346.43 billion was external debt, accounting for 5.79 per cent of the total. Treasury reserves fallCompared with the previous month, public debt increased by Bt39.05 billion in the latest count. As a result, the country’s treasury reserves fell to Bt235 billion in October from the previous month’s Bt441.3 billion.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 21, 2016 18:01 UTC