{
  "id": 1679814,
  "title": "Thai bank lending picks up, bad loans edge down",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/thai-bank-lending-picks-up-bad-loans-edge-down-1679814",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-18T08:39:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bangkok Post Business",
    "slug": "bangkok-post-business",
    "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/3303779/thai-bank-lending-picks-up-bad-loans-edge-down"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Lending by Thai banks rose 2.0% in the second quarter of 2026 from a year earlier, following a 0.2% rise ‌in the previous quarter, the Bank of Thailand said on Tuesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}