tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10355625.post-5162125602950992962008-05-07T10:30:00.002+07:002008-05-07T10:39:26.017+07:00Comparisons Abound<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080506005719&newsLang=en"><span style="font-style: italic;">Business Wire</span></a>:<br /></div><blockquote>From Q108 we will be calculating the Commercial Banking Business Environment Rating (CBBER) for each of the countries surveyed by BMI. This will permit a more systematic and comprehensive comparison of the conditions within the banking industries of the various countries than was possible in the past. For each country, it will also facilitate a comparison of the conditions within the banking sector and conditions prevailing in other sectors.<br /><br />Thailand’s overall CBBER is 58.5. Thailand has a fairly typical CBBER for a country in the Asia Pacific region<span style="font-weight: bold;">, comparable to the figures achieved by India, Indonesia, and Pakistan</span>. However, Thailand’s CBBER is lacklustre in comparison to Hong Kong’s impressive score of 79. Meanwhile, it is placed well above Sri Lanka’s of 28.4, the lowest in the region.</blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">BP</span>: I am sure Thailand would aspire to be at the same level of Malaysia, which is at <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080416/20080416006481.html?.v=1">67.5</a>, but instead it is lumped together with India, Indonesia, and Pakistan. This just shows you that there are certain problems in the banking sector of the economy.<br /><br />btw, Indonesia is at <a href="http://www.pr-inside.com/print536716.htm">58.1</a> and India <a href="http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/The+India+Commercial+Banking+Report+Provides+Independent+Forecasts+and+Competitive+Intelligence+on+India%27%3Bs+Commercial+Banking+Industry/3552441.html">58.6%</a>.Bangkok Pundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120891606340974105noreply@blogger.com