olarn wants bt37 to the dollar to boost exports.

Byline: The Nation.

Economist lauds US and China for proactive measures but says Thailand must address its own problems

The United States and China, with a combined injection of over US$2 trillion (BtBt71 trillion) into their economies, would help the world to stage an economic recovery but Thailand still needs to lay its hands on some problematic areas, economist Olarn Chaipravat said.

"The US and Chinese policies have made it clear that both will engineer the global recovery and the world should move in a more orderly way.

"The question is whether Thailand is on the curve or behind the curve," he said in an interview.

The US …