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Golden Ten Data reported on June 23 that the Bank of Thailand may keep its policy unchanged on Wednesday, opting to preserve policy space while closely monitoring evolving growth and inflation risks. According to a survey of eight economists by The Wall Street Journal, they unanimously predict policymakers will maintain the status quo, mainly because the Bank of Thailand is likely, as in the past, to ignore supply-driven inflation shocks. The recent decline in oil prices has also reduced the urgency to take action. Additionally, Thailand’s economy experienced a prolonged period of ultra-low inflation before the conflict, which serves as a buffer. Economists at Moody’s Analytics expect the Bank of Thailand to keep the policy rate at 1% to maintain an accommodative stance and support economic growth.

The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations issued a report on Tuesday warning that the current geopolitical and policy environment is putting Europe at risk of losing out in the global competition for life sciences investment.The association stressed that strengthening innovation conditions, ensuring new medicines are accessible in a timely and equitable manner, and maintaining Europe’s global competitiveness in the life sciences sector must be promoted as interconnected priorities, rather than being addressed separately.According to research commissioned by the association, between 2014 and 2024, Europe invested €11.67 billion in new drug research and development, while cumulative returns from increased labor productivity, contributions from both paid and unpaid work, and hospital cost savings have reached as much as €66 billion—yielding an input-output ratio of nearly 1:5.7.Against the backdrop of continued global trade disruption from Trump’s tariff remarks, the STOXX 600 Health Care Index rose 1.2% on Tuesday, reflecting partial market pricing for the sector’s resilience and policy concerns. Going forward, the focus will be on whether the European Union can translate the strategic priorities outlined in the report into concrete legislation and financial support, in order to curb the trend of investment outflows.

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