Thai PM Anutin and Finance Minister Ekniti express dissatisfaction with 2.2% GDP growth, believing the economy can expand faster. The Finance Ministry has identified three concurrent crises constraining growth: energy vulnerability (driven by war-related oil/gas price spikes), rising cost-of-living inflation (2.7% in Q2), and eroding purchasing power (private consumption growth dropped from 3.3% to 1.9%). Government stimulus measures like "Thai Helping Thai Plus" aim to cushion these shocks, while accelerated investment in digital/AI sectors (growing 13%, highest in 13 years) offers a bright spot—including major optical transceiver manufacturing expansion by China's top player, expected to create 30,000 jobs in Saraburi. Policy focus will shift to proactive stimulus, rapid energy transition, and structural reform to reduce external dependency.