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When Thailand's central bank ran out of foreign exchange and had to let the baht plunge, other currencies fell as investors lost confidence.

Taxis are now metered in Bangkok. Local custom is to round the fare up to the nearest five baht.

She was told to repay it, as well as a monthly rent of 30, 000 baht , from her earnings of 100 baht per customer.

Fears of a violent confrontation have led to billions of baht being wiped off the stock exchange of Thailand in the past month.

Thailand imposed measures to stop incoming money from pushing up the already artificially low value of the baht.

The same court is now deciding whether or not to confiscate 76 billion baht ($2. 3 billion) of his assets frozen after a coup in 2006.

It has now become a landmark structure in Bangkok and is now printed in the current 20-notes Thai baht .

Similarly, central-bank intervention to hold the baht down by buying dollars would also boost the money supply.

It cost us 2 taxi trips to JJ market at a cost of 400 Baht and the same for the next day.

Thai industrialists want the central bank to help weaken the baht to make Thai exports cheaper on the international market.

Thailand led the region into the financial crisis of 1997, when fears about the banks and foreign debt led to a collapse of the baht.

The baht continued to grind higher against the dollar, reaching a post-1997 high in March 2008.

The Thai baht has jumped nearly 12 per cent this year, to its highest against the dollar since the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98.

A surge of money into Thailand has driven the baht to its highest against the dollar since just before the Asian crisis of 1997-98.

Yangzhou tomb discovered in the past out of the simulator to "five baht, " the most common, Tao prototype "five baht" rarely seen.

"If you spend it wisely, you'd be able to get by, " he says of his 10, 000 baht ($294) per month salary.

The value tends to hover around 40 baht to one US dollar.

A decade ago, the devaluation of the baht led to an Asian financial turmoil.

The baht currently floats freely, with the central bank intervening to avoid excessive volatility.

Health financing in Thailand mainly come from taxes. All people have been covered by primary health service by "30 baht health plan" .

Sharp declines in their exchange rates increased the burden of paying back debts -- measured in baht, rupiah and won.

"Preventing each person from contracting the virus can reduce treatment cost worth millions of baht, " he says.

But unlike Black Wednesday, or the baht devaluation, this time he was along for the ride, not leading the attack.

Screening for diabetes and hypertension, as part of a 2. 5 billion baht (US$ 76 million project) is due to start this year.

Are they going to pay you in euros or dollars, dong or baht, yen or pesos?

The leaking water pump has been repaired by someone I hired, which saves me some hundred baht water bill each month now.

That pull was strongest on the Korean won, Thai baht, New Taiwan dollar and Singapore dollar.

NARRATOR: The baht came under relentless market pressure. In July 1997, the Thai government was forced to devalue.

Thailand's baht, for instance, has risen more than 11% against the dollar this year.

The ten-year, 68 billion baht scheme recently hit a speed bump, though, as critics picked over its inflated cost structure.

Thai stocks and the Thai currency, the baht, are trading at their highest for years (see chart).

Thai Prime Minister-elect Yingluck Shinawatra says the Thai baht should float freely and be left to market forces.

When Thailand announced the devaluation of the baht in July 1997, few foresaw the way the crisis would spread.

Thai exporters have been agitated about the baht's strength.

In 1997, Thailand was in economic crisis with the devaluation of the Thai Baht.

When downward pressure on the Thai baht started 10 years ago, nobody expected what followed - its devaluation in early July.

The Thai baht closed down 1. 2 per cent, and foreign investors indicated that after the coup Thailand would quickly get back to business.

The crisis began when Thailand devalued the baht on July 2 1997, and rapidly spread to Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and South Korea.

Yet the same court ruled that the remaining 30 billion baht from the sale belonged to Mr Thaksin.

In Thailand, foreigners cut back holdings of baht denominated bonds by 24 per cent in that same period.

The Thai baht, for instance, is up 12% against the dollar this year.

We spend around 120 million baht each year to feed and educate our children and young people.

We can now see also for labor what would like to have 300 baht a day as a minimum wage.

In the Asian crisis of 1997-98, that meant a collapse of the Thai baht, the Indonesian rupiah and others.

In July 1997, when Thailand floated the baht, Indonesia's monetary authorities widened the rupiah trading band from 8% to 12%.

"The water in the river was so clean that I had to have a baht on the way, " explained the dog.

The Thai baht has strengthened 11 percent this year and Thai exporters warned of layoffs as demand for their products fall.

Flows into the Korean won, Thai baht and Singapore dollar became a proxy for China.

The gate man was happy to arrange a taxi transfer to the Airport for 200 Baht per car.

The Thai baht and the Malaysian ringgit have strengthened by nearly 11 percent since September 2008.

Well, I've changed all my money to Thai baht for my trip.

Within six weeks of the baht's devaluation, the Indonesian rupiah was in freefall, going from 2, 300 to the dollar to well over 10, 000.

Other Asian currencies such as the Thai baht and the South Korean won are also undervalued.

The ringgit, Korean won, Philippine peso and Thai baht are all up 5% against the dollar over that time.

Like to enjoy a Thai massage in Thailand, 400 baht fee billing counter, you then pay 40 to 50 baht to the massage gifted it.

Thailand's baht rose 0. 4 percent to 30. 66 per dollar and dropped 0. 4 percent from a week ago.

A 1m-baht ($30, 000) village-run microcredit scheme was also popular.

Many new 10 baht coins are not being minted in Thailand.

We need help from the government to weaken the baht, or we won't survive. '

You should take just 1500 baht; the remaining 1500 divide it up between your 5 workers.

The price is a bargain 20 baht ($0. 54) per person per night.

And because you have a trade surplus it's very difficult for the baht to weaken.

The Thai baht strengthened 0. 3 percent to 32. 25, the strongest level since May 2008.

We hired the room 1, 999 Baht per night only inclusive breakfast.

Ten years ago today the world's last major financial crisis began in Bangkok with speculative attacks on the Thai baht .

In 2004, Lankam joined 7 fellow elephants to create a record-breaking oil painting, which was sold for 1. 5m baht.

Thailand's Central Bank Hopes to Aid Exporters With Weaker Baht