A SURGE in exports helped push economic growth to 3.3 per cent in the first quarter from a year earlier, but a contraction in private investment took some of the gloss off an otherwise encouraging performance that also benefited form increased public spending and consumption.
GROSS DOMESTIC product is forecast to expand by 3.3 per cent this year on increases in the government’s investment and other spending, while next year’s growth is estimated at 3.4 per cent, said Finance Ministry spokesman Krisda Chinavicharana.