## Thailand: Financial System Stability Assessment

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 15, 2009_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 15, 2009
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836868.002

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### Summary and key findings
- The assessment reveals that the soundness of Thailand’s financial system has been strengthened since the financial crisis of the late 1990s.
- Substantial progress has been made in upgrading the regulatory and supervisory system and improving macroeconomic management.
- Banking fundamentals have strengthened, with most Thai banks reporting high levels of capital and solid profitability.
- Private corporations, which are the banks’ primary borrowers, have also strengthened their balance sheets and reduced leverage.

### Banking sector observations
- Most Thai banks report high levels of capital.
- Profitability across banks is characterized as solid.
- Private corporations (primary borrowers) have reduced leverage and strengthened balance sheets.

### Regulatory and macroeconomic improvements
- Upgrades to the regulatory and supervisory system have been implemented since the late 1990s financial crisis.
- Macroeconomic management has improved, contributing to financial system soundness.

### Publication and document metadata
- Title: Thailand: Financial System Stability Assessment
- Publication date: May 15, 2009
- Series: Country Report No. 2009/147
- Issue: 147
- Volume: 2009
- Pages: 101
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836868.002
- Stock No: 1THAEA2009001
- ISBN: 9781451836868
- ISSN: 1934-7685
- Format citation example provided: International Monetary Fund. "Thailand: Financial System Stability Assessment", IMF Staff Country Reports 2009, 147 (2009), accessed 9/23/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451836868.002

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial sector, International trade, Loans, State-owned banks, Trade balance
- Keywords: Asia and Pacific, bank, bank management, bank supervisor, BOT Act, commercial bank, Commercial banks, CR, East Asia, financial institution, Financial sector, Global, intervened bank, ISCR, Loans, private bank, resolution decision, return on assets, State-owned banks, Trade balance

*Thailand: Financial System Stability Assessment — IMF Staff Country Report No. 2009/147*

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