Moody's outlook for the Thai banking system over the next 12-18 months is stable. "In fact, a sign of stress among smaller businesses is their accelerating growth in restructured loans," the international credit rating agency said in its latest report, "Banking System Outlook -- Thailand: Economic improvements and strong loss buffers support stable outlook". Moody's outlook for the Thai banking system over the next 12-18 months is stable, reflecting a gradually improving operating environment and banks' strong capitalisation and loan loss reserves. The stable outlook is based on Moody's assessment of five drivers: Operating environment (stable), asset quality and capital (stable/improving), funding and liquidity (stable); profitability and efficiency (stable); and government support (stable). Moody's has maintained a stable outlook on the Thai banking system since 2010.

Source: Bangkok Post July 28, 2017 03:28 UTC