Thailand's economy is still expected to grow 3 per cent this year, boosted by recent stimulus measures aimed at helping small firms and rural areas, a senior finance ministry official said on Wednesday.

The stimulus is expected to lift economic growth by 0.4 percentage point this year. For the full year, we are still forecasting 3 per cent," Krisada Chinavicharana, head of the ministry's fiscal policy office, told reporters.

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