central bank - the government's bank that controls all the other banks in a country, sets monetary policy, maintains the stability of the national currency and money supply, sets interest rates and inflation targets, saves failing banks as a lender of last resort during times of financial crisis (See Wikipedia)

Bank of Thailand (BOT) - Thailand's central bank (Read description at Mahidol University)

governor - the person in charge of a large government institution or organization such as a bank or a prison
challenges - difficult goals that must be achieved and overcome in the future (in order to complete the project and achieve success)
designate - chosen for a particular purpose or position in the future กำหนด, ที่ได้แต่งตั้ง
governor-designate - chosen to be governor for a term starting in the future
term - the period of time that a person serves in an official government position
Kasikorn Bank - the fourth largest commercial bank in Thailand (See Wikipedia)
commercial banks -  a bank with many branch offices providing both people and businesses with services such as bankingaccounts and loans (See Wikipedia)
Thai Bankers’ Association (TBA) - a industry trade association for domestic banks in Thailand (Read history and see website)
domestic - within the country

issued - made available ออกใหม่
priority - something important that must be done first or needs more attention than anything else การให้ลำดับความสำคัญ,  สิ่งที่ได้รับความสนใจมากกว่า
priority list - a list of important things that must be done (items in list sorted into order of importance)
upgrade - improve; make new, modern, and up-to-date
target - a goal
set a target - create a goal to be achieved
boosting - increasing เพิ่ม
financial services - all sorts of services involving money including banking, insurance and securities such as stocks, futures and derivatives (See Wikipedia)
improvement - when something gets better or when you make it better การปรับปรุง, การทำให้ดีขึ้น
institutions - large and important organizations, such as universities or banks สถาบัน
financial institutions - banks and other organizations that deal with money such as investment companies and funds as well as insurance companies (See Wikipedia)
X in terms of Y - using Y to describe X

approval - official permission การอนุมัต
concerns - worries ความกังวล
played down concerns - told people not to worry
engaging - creates and maintains interest in the reader
practices - common ways of doing things, ways of doing commonly repeated tasks
engaging in unfair practices - have business procedures that treat people unequally

interest - payments made for the use of another's money for a period of time
spread - difference  
interest spread - difference between two interest rates
margin - profit margin
profit margin - a company's profits as shown by profit as a percentage of revenue
loan - an amount of money that a person, business or country borrows เงินกู้
deposit - money kept in a bank
sector - a part of a country's economy or business activity ภาคเศรษฐกิจของประเทศ (public sector = government, private sector = all businesses, household sector = families and consumers, banking sector,...) (See Wikipedia)
moderate - neither very great nor very small in strength, size, amount or degree ระดับปานกลาง
development - the gradual growth and formation of something
net interest margin (NIM) - "measure of the difference between the interest income generated by banks or other financial institutions and the amount of interest paid out to their lenders (for example, deposits), relative to the amount of their (interest-earning) assets...expressed as a percentage of what the financial institution earns on loans in a time period and other assets minus the interest paid on borrowed funds divided by the average amount of the assets on which it earned income in that time period (the average earning assets)" (See Wikipedia)

clear - easy to understand
credit - money that you owe someone (a bill that grows until you pay it off at the end of the month, for example)
credit information - information on whether a person or company pays back loans on time and also pays bills on time
risk - danger, how likely or possible it is for a bad event that causes harm and damage ความเสี่ยง
alternative - another choice ตัวเลือก / ทางเลือก
means - methods; ways วิธี, วิธีการ
mobilise - (of soldiers, police or other groups of people) to prepare to do something such as fight a war เตรียมกำลังพร้อมรบ
funds - money needed or available to spend on something เงินทุน
issue - offering securities (stock shares, bonds) for sale
bonds - when a company or government borrows money from many different people by issuing large numbers of "bonds" which are agreements "to pay back the money an investor has lent plus a fixed amount of interest on a particular date" (See Wikipedia)
vital - extremely important; necessary for the success or continued existence of something จำเป็นสำหรับชีวิต; สำคัญมาก
policy - a set of plans or action agreed on by a government, political party, business, or other group นโยบาย (See Wikipedia)
undertake - to do รับภาระ
lessen - to reduce; to make something become smaller, weaker, less important, etc. ทำให้น้อยลง
in the long run - over a very long period of time

interference - the process of deliberately becoming involved in a situation and trying to influence the way that it develops การเข้าแทรกแซง
current - of the present time ปัจจุบัน
master plan - the plan that gives the over goals for a large project over a long period of time  

crisis - an urgent, difficult or dangerous situation วิกฤต
significantly - in an important way อย่างสำคัญ
eventually - at the end of a period of time or at the end of a process ในที่สุด
fees - money that you pay to be allowed to do something ค่าธรรมเนียม
upgrade - make changes to improve
fully-fledged Y - is a complete version of Y (not just under development)
commercial banks -  a bank with many branch offices providing both people and businesses with services such as bankingaccounts and loans (See Wikipedia)

positive - hopeful and confident, or giving cause for hope and confidence ซึ่งมองในแง่ดี
projection - a calculation or guess about the future based on information that you have การคาดคะเน
momentum - development or progress in a project that is becoming stronger and stronger, faster and faster (so it can't be stopped, will complete successfully)
promising - likely to be successful มีแนวโน้มที่ดี
GDP, Gross Domestic Product - a measure of economic activity in a country, the value of the country's output of goods and services. GDP is defined roughly as: GDP = Household Consumption + Business Investment + Change in Inventories  + (Government Spending - Taxes)  + (Exports - Imports) (See Economist Glossary)
domestic - inside the country ภายในประเทศ
support - help
Kasikorn Research Centre - the well-known research organisation of the Thai Kasikorn Bank that provides expert economic and financial advise in reports (Available at Thailand Information Center, 6th floor of Chulalongkorn Library)

global economic uncertainty - situation when people don't know what is going to happen next in the world economy
key - important คนสำคัญ
factor - a fact or situation which influences the result of something ปัจจัย
key risk factor - the most important dangerous thing that people must watch for in the future
base effect - this year's growth will probably be high because economy is recovering from a deep recession, growth went down to a very low level (base level)
concerned - worried about something มีความกังวล
external risk - dangers outside the country
upcoming - will happen soon ที่กำลังจะมาถึง

policy rate - the official interest rate that the central bank sets in order to control other interest rates (that are usually tied to and calculted from the policy rate)
lift its policy rate - increase its policy rate
in line with - following or agreeing with
globally - throughout the world ทั่วโลก
financial position - all the assets owned and all the debts that must be paid at a point in time by a person or company, the balance sheet
foreign exchange position - all the foreign currerncies owned and also contracts for delivery at future dates (futures)
firm - strong,  hard, firm, not soft
on a firm basis - did strongly (with a good policy, not making any mistakes)
volatility - a measure of risk in financial markets, the degree to which asset prices swing up and down (See The Economist and glossary) อัตราความเสี่ยงต่อการลงทุนทางการเงิน
currency - a widely used the money accepted for exchange of goods in an economy เงินตรา (See Wikipedia)
appreciated against the dollar - increased in value compared to the value (if currency is more expensive, then exports from the country become more expensive)