thai economic growth slows outlook dims on yuan fall
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Thailand's GDP grew 2.8%
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Thailand's economy slowed in the second quarter hit by weak domestic demand and exports, official data showed Monday, with growth expected to be hampered by China's devaluation of the yuan.

Gross domestic product grew 2.8 percent compared to a year earlier between April and June, in-line with a forecast from analysts polled by Bloomberg News but down from three percent in the previous quarter.

Growth also faces "major constraints" for the rest of 2015 after China's devaluation of its currency will likely increase competition for Thai exports, the National Economic and Social Development Board said.

China's central bank shocked world financial markets last week when it devalued the yuan, sparking fears of a currency war in Asia in which countries vie to keep their exports competitive.

In response, Thailand's planning agency trimmed its growth forecast to 2.7-3.2 percent for the year, down from 3.0-4.0 percent.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, the former army chief who led last year's coup, has staked the junta's legitimacy on pepping up Thailand's once dynamic economy.

But 15 months after his power grab there have been few signs of economic revival, despite a pledge to increase government spending and push through much-needed infrastructure projects.

Quarter-on-quarter growth remained sluggish between April and June at 0.4 percent, marginally up from 0.3 percent in the first three months of the year, the NESB said.

"Looking ahead, we expect growth to remain lacklustre... the main support for growth will likely come from government spending and the tourism sector," Capital Economics said in a note.

High household debt and a recent drought are likely to further dent consumption in a nation where 30-40 percent of the population is employed in agriculture, the research house added.

Weak growth has dogged the Thai junta's narrative that its takeover was a necessary evil to keep the peace and bolster the economy in the face of prolonged political turmoil.

The kingdom grew at 0.7 percent in 2014, the slowest pace for three years, amid mass street protests against the former civilian government.

The junta says it will hand back power to a civilian government after a new constitution aimed at healing Thailand's bitter divides and expunging corruption is enacted.

Critics accuse the junta of holding onto power and seeking to create a tightly-controlled political system that serves the interests of its royalist supporters rather than the popular will.

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