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	April 2008 issue
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Last Update: 10:30am 12 May 2008, Manila
*Change from previous close

Govt. Bonds	Latest Yield	YTD		MTD
2Y T-Bond THB	3.530		44		2
5Y T-Bond THB	4.080		47		7
7Y T-Bond THB	4.600		19		7
10Y T-Bond THB	4.770		33		7
12Y T-Bond THB	4.950		34		7
14Y T-Bond THB	5.080		28		7
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Currencies	Latest Rate	YTD		MTD
THB per USD	31.750		0.164		0.164
THB per JPY	0.305		0.865		0.865
THB per EUR	49.419		0.287		0.287
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Commodities	Latest Price	YTD		MTD
Rubber (MYR/kg)	979.500		9850.000		1200.000
Gold (USD/troy oz)	886.400		6430.000		1305.000
Brent Crude Oil (USD/barrel)	122.980		2930.000		968.000
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Stock Indices	Latest Value	YTD		MTD
SET	846.710		1139.000		88.000
NASDAQ	2445.520		20676.000		3779.000
S&P 500	1388.280		8008.000		2998.000
Nikkei 225	13632.040		167574.000		41722.000
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Interest Rates	Latest Rate	YTD		MTD
3M BKIBOR THB	3.276		60.093		0.250
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Policy Rates	Latest Policy	YTD		MTD
1-day Repurchase Rate	3.250		150.000
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Data primarily supplied by Reuters Limited.
Selected data used with the permission of Bloomberg.

Economic Indicators

Indicator	Data	Freq.	Date
Nominal GDP	206.258 USD bln	Annual	2006
GDP Growth YOY	5.75 %	Quarterly	Q4/07
Inflation YOY	5.3 %	Monthly	Mar 08
Per Capita Income	3,136.46 USD	Annual	2006
Int'l Reserves	107.47 USD bln	Monthly	Mar 08
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