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7 Aug: Germany’s government supported
the ECB plan to intervene the bond
markets in the Euro zone as a way of
pushing down borrowing costs for
businesses.
13 Dec: the Fed
announced $45 billion
in the monthly treasury
bond purchases.
Together with the QE3
measures, this would
result in an additional
USD 85 billion per month
in money markets.
16 Dec: The major stock
market indexes around the
world reacted positively to
the landslide victory of the
Liberal Democratic Party in
the Japan’s lower house
general election and its
macro stance of more
economic stimulus.
7 Nov: After being re-elected as a US
president for a second term, Barack
Obama offers first compromise in
‘fiscal cliff’ battle with Republicans.
9 Oct: The IMF revised down its
projections for global economic
growth from 3.4% to 3.3% in
2012 and from 3.9% to 3.6% in
2013.
6 Sep: The ECB approved a plan
paving the way for the bank to
make unlimited purchases in
struggling euro members’ bond
markets.
19 Sep: The BOJ expanded its
government bond-purchase
fund to 10 trillion yen.
14 Nov: The MSCI Inc. added
4 Thai stocks to MSCI Global
Standard Indices. As a result,
the Thai stocks market
weighted at 3.24% in MSCI
AC Asia ex-Japan, up from
2.66% at the end of 2011.
16 Oct: With upside risk to inflation contained but
uncertainties surrounding the global economy remained
high, the BOT reduced the policy rate by 0.25% to
2.75% to ward off the negative impact from the weak
global economy.
28 Dec: SET Index
closed at 1391.93 pts.
It had risen by 35.76
from end-2011.
13 Sep: The FED
launched QE3 with
unlimited size and
timeframe.
Trading
Value
(THB million)
150,000
125,000
100,000
75,000
50,000
0
25,000
Jul
2.32
Aug
2.35
Sep
5.81
Oct
0.01
Nov
1.94
Dec
5.13