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Thailand's 70%-of-GDP public debt ceiling will be raised again within 12 months, despite the finance ministry's assurances a new 400 billion baht loan decree stays under it.
Made
27 Aug 2026
By
Marco Law
Market
Thailand
Outcome
Unresolved
This is already the second emergency borrowing decree of 2026, following one in April that explicitly required lifting the ceiling, and debt is projected to hit 69% once fully drawn. A pattern of successive crisis-driven borrowing, not a one-off, is emerging.
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