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16 Annual Report 2012
26 Jan: The FED decided to keep
the target range for the federal
funds rate at 0 to 0.25% and
maintain it at low levels at least
through 2014 in order to support
a stronger economic recovery.
19 Feb: Greece’s cabinet approved 325
million euros of extra austerity measures
needed to complete a 3.3 billion euro
package of spending cuts according to the
requirement of the EU/IMF bailout plan.
8 May: The fact that the left-wing, anti-austerity Syriza party of
Greece might be able to form a governing majority could have
an adverse effect on the plan to resolve the European crisis and
increased the prospect of the nation leaving the euro zone.
8 Jun: Euro zone
finance ministers
agreed to lend Spain
up to 100 billion
euros to support its
teetering banks.
29 Feb: U.S. GDP in the 4th quarter of
2011 increased by 3% compared to the
previous quarter. It is the highest growth
since the second quarter of 2010. 17 Jun: The new
government in Greece
helped restore the
investor confidence
in the world capital
market.
15 May: After the Syriza party
failed to form a government,
Greece would hold a new
election in June.
16 Mar: FTSE Group upgraded the Thai
capital market from the Secondary
Emerging Market status to the Advanced
Emerging Market status in the FTSE Global
Equity Index Series.
1 Jan: Effective the new corporate
tax rate at 23%, lower than year earlier,
for Thai listed companies.
4 Jan: SET Index
closed at 1036.21 pts.
SET market movement 2012
1,400
1,300
1,200
1,100
1,000
900
SET index
(points)
Source: SETSMART
Jan
5.72
Feb
7.10
Mar
3.09
Apr
2.65
Jun
2.68
May
-7.08
(% Change)