Thailand News – The government starts Phase One of their 10,000 baht ‘hand-out’ policy, major flooding around Chiang Mai with the Ping River overflowing, a crocodile farm has to cull its crop of enormous crocodiles (because of the flooding), the Thai Baht marches on, rising against most regional, and many international currencies, including the US dollar.
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Congratulations on 5 properties now! Good to hear, and I loved that you needed to check what day it was, sums up living in Thailand quite nicely. Dani
You want the Thai Baht to fall, also need more Cash in Government coffers???
Your asking for Inflation and cash on hand…
PRINT MONEY…!!!!
Speed up the cash Handouts,..
As I said 6 months ago, Printing the money for handouts can only help the Thai Economy…..
As the THB inflates the value of Exports and Tourist spending power rises…
It's the PERFECT time to print….
Gold up Thai Baht up £ & $ down… sighs Today 43.50/£.. arghh
Looks like my trip will be a bit brokie . I bet I spend less overall just going directly to Cambodia even with the visa and Bus faresand come back for a flight
NO TOURISM, TRYING TO TAX EXPATS = REAL ESTATE CRASH
Quantitative easing the printing of money to stimulate the economy.This is reckless,might explain why the exchange rate has gone crazy against the dollar.
Japan's industry and GdP is shrinking 0.2%. Yen lost a lot of value, so many jump to THB now ….
So you think you're on Phang Nga bay?
Does anyone know why accommodation costs are so high for this coming year ? Last two weeks of January first two weeks of February are 25% more expensive than last year the recently stronger baht doesn't explain that large jump
Us is screwd
11:13 …. mmm, isn't that airplane a BOING 737-MAX ? Tim's most favorite 😉
Good view on how moch the engines are infront and not under the wing
Doesn’t money-printing lead to inflation?
More money the governments hand out makes more inflation and more taxation.
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Funny. To the Canadian $ the thb is still 8% cheaper than 5 years ago and everybody was happy with it then.
Poor Thai don’t realize that digital currency is the beginning of the loss if their freedoms.
Going to laos this season Thailand to expensive
People are just going to budget when they go not spend as much they better make adjustments before high season comes.
It is not so much that the Baht is strengthening, it is more that the US Dollar is weakening! (And some other currencies)
I'm against the "digital wallet" scheme, but I'm all for the 10k Baht stimulus for the poor. Glad to see the government didn't hold out and found an established and sensible way to distribute the funds.
hi just a bit of news about being taxed of a pension abroad. I had my tax id and took the documents to the tax office which I was told I owe tax for 2023 till now total 107,000 baht.i thought it didn't start till January 1st 2024.phoned tax office Bangkok they said the same thing. I asked about the double tax treaty with uk they said it only covers people here for 180 days.tell your viewers beware.
ACMI is Air Crew, Maintenance and Insurance. And yes, air crew includes the flight attendants. These are generally short term leases, less that a year. Frequently ACMI aircraft are left all white, or will have decals of the airline name on the fuselage and the tail logo.
Money fluctuates. When I left Thailand in 2014 the Thai baht was 29 Baht to the USD. My last visit in may/June it was 36 Baht to the USD. No choice but to go with the flow. Complaining does nothing. Good luck all.
Stimulus = more spending = more inflation = higher interest rates = stronger baht. Economy 101
The same happened during 2004 Tsunami days ..2024 is not too bad actually ..
Trev in the Buzzin Bar Pattaya us making over 1,000 euros a week with his livestream Lady Drink scam 🙄 😒
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Just makes thailand more expensive than last week. Thailand aint a cheap holiday anymore
Thumbs up 👍 Tim….hopefully not much lower 😢
Look at Prediction markets, 🇹🇭 baht could by 2027 be 30% stronger against all major western currencies. Predicition markets are often a good indicator.., also add inflation, it will change tourism.
Still ongoing but not so bad on one side of the city .Got sunburnt between the showers ! Oddly no thunder or lightning
450 billion baht handout which is only a short term fix is crazy esp in thailand where there will be widespread fraud
If you’re Thai congratulations on your free stock market shares
The USA has the strongest economy in the world, that’s just a fact, so the USA haters can say what they like and pretend that’s the issue. It’s just this simple for me, if I get less, I spend less. I can’t control the why, but I can control the how. The baht appreciation won’t impact my life as much as it will impact the lives of the Thai people. But if you want to waste your time trying to figure out the why, then go for it because it won’t change the ups, or the downs.
perfect if Thai Baht come back to normal rate, 1:40 better if have 1:50 then tourism and expats have good live and spend more money. now 1:36-8 have totally wrong not good.
USD will be going down against any currency that has a real economy
Hi Tim. How is Steve? Haven’t seen him in awhile. Hope he’s ok.
A wet lease is a domestic airlines leasing the aircraft with the crew from an other domestic or international airline. Normally it's for a short period of time. A dry lease is a longterm agreement like 5 yrs and more that involve the aircraft only.
Hi Tim good video thanks for the updates what's the rate for UK against the Thai baht. Going to Thailand next month.