Bank of Thailand ignores Srettha's pressure to cut interest rate

BANGKOK -- When Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin convened a meeting last week to discuss his flagship stimulus program, he called for the man who has become his primary economic adversary -- Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput, governor of the Bank of Thailand.

The central bank's monetary policy committee was meeting that same day, Srettha was told, so the governor was absent.