# Eyes on the baht’s value as Bank acts - Thai Examiner

> The Bank of Thailand introduced measures effective July 22 to limit non-resident baht accounts and curb speculative inflows that were pushing up the baht. The central bank said it stood ready to take further action against speculative behaviour in financial markets.

- Date: 2019-07-14 · published 2019-07-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Thailand · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/58356-eyes-on-the-baht-s-value-as-bank-acts-thai-examiner
- Commodities: [Thai Baht (THB per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDTHB.md)

## Why it matters

Capital controls to weaken the baht signal policy support for Thai exporters, with limited direct effect on feed ingredient prices.

## Read by commodity

- USDTHB: bullish ▲

## Sources

- thaiexaminer.com: https://www.thaiexaminer.com/thai-news-foreigners/2019/07/14/thai-baht-dollar-value-bank-thailand-action-speculation/

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