# SCB EIC forecasts Thailand’s GDP growth at 2.5% for 2024 and 2.6% for 2025

- Link: https://www.thailand-business-news.com/economics/163554-scb-eic-forecasts-thailands-gdp-growth-at-2-5-for-2024-and-2-6-for-2025
- Published: 2024-09-20T10:34:10+07:00
- Author: Economic Intelligence Center Siam Commercial Bank

**SCB EIC forecasts Thailand’s GDP growth at 2.5% for 2024 and 2.6% for 2025, with
tourism driving growth. Inflation will drop to 0.6%, and policy rates may decrease
to 2% by early 2025.**

## **1. What is the current state of the Thai economy?**

SCB EIC analyzes the current Thai economy through key economic indicators, including
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Thai inflation, and Thailand’s policy interest rate.

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### **1.1 Thailand’s Gross Domestic Product (Thailand’s GDP)**

SCB EIC estimates that Thailand’s GDP will expand at a low of 2.5% in 2024, as well
as 2.6% in 2025, which is still below the growth potential of the Thai economy. 
For next year, SCB EIC expects the number of foreign tourists to decline slightly
from the previous view to 39.4 million. On the challenge of the number of Chinese
tourists in group tours who have not fully returned.

### **1.2 Thailand’s inflation rate** 

SCB EIC estimates that Thailand’s headline inflation rate in 2024 will decline to
0.6% (from 0.8%) and will return to the lower end of the inflation target range 
of 1-3% from October this year and continue next year.

### **1.3 Thailand’s Policy Interest Rate**

SCB EIC estimates that the MPC will cut the policy rate in March. December 2024 
to 2.25% and again to 2% in early 2025 due to signs of a clear slowdown in domestic
demand. This is partly due to prolonged financial tightness.

## **2. The Thai business sector and driving the economy**

Thai businesses still face structural problems that hinder the growth of the Thai
economy, especially

1) the automotive industry, which is at risk of losing up to 40% of domestic production
capacity if the automotive business cannot keep up with the rapidly changing trend
of electric vehicles among consumers, and

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## **3. Analysis of the Thai economy**

[3.1 Thai Economic Analysis Q3 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/outlook-q32024)

[3.2 Thai Economic Analysis for August 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/eic-monthly-0824)
[3.3 Thai Economic Analysis for July 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/eic-monthly-0724)
[3.4 Thai Economic Analysis for Q2 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/outlook-q22024)
[3.5 Thai Economic Analysis for May 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/eic-monthly-0524)
[3.6 Thai Economic Analysis for April 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/eic-monthly-0424)
[3.7 Thai Economic Analysis Q1 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/outlook-q12024)
[3.8 Thai Economic Analysis for February 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/eic-monthly-0224)
[3.9 Thai Economic Analysis for January 2024](https://www.scbeic.com/th/detail/product/eic-monthly-0124)

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