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Savings bonds and Japanese soft loans are proving more alluring than the international capital markets for Thailand. The government and state enterprises appear to be backing away from the US and Eurobond markets in favour of cheaper funding from domestic sources as local interest rates fall.

The Kingdom of Thailand had planned to raise up to $5 billion in global bonds, but this now seems to have been put on hold as it soaks up domestic savings and takes advantage of cheap Japanese money on offer.

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