Somkid warns of economic storm aheadDeputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak walks the media gauntlet outside Government House in Bangkok late last month. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)Efforts to control the spread of coronavirus disease in the first half of 2020 will result in an economic storm in the second half of the year that the country must survive to ensure a better future, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on Wednesday. Mr Somkid voiced his economic outlook after meeting representatives of the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro). "In the second half of the year there will be quite an economic storm. "The economic storm will happen to all countries, not only Thailand.

Source: Bangkok Post July 08, 2020 05:03 UTC