BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand plans to borrow 600 billion baht ($18.56 billion) in the current fiscal year to September and 400 billion baht in the next fiscal year to finance measures to mitigate the coronavirus impact, a finance ministry official said on Wednesday.
The government will borrow at least 80% from the domestic market via debt issues and bank loans, Patricia Mongkhonvanit, the head of the ministry’s public debt management office, told reporters.
The 1 trillion baht borrowing plan was approved by the king on Sunday.
(Reporting by Kitiphong Thaichareon, Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
