FETCO Chairman Paiboon Nalinthrangkurn warns the government that boosting investment to 30% of GDP must be paired with raising national savings from 24% to at least 27% of GDP, to avoid a repeat of the 1997 financial crisis. He advocates for mandatory retirement savings schemes, TISA measures, and long-term foreign capital attraction as part of a national savings strategy to fund productive investment and break Thailand's decade-long productivity stagnation (0% TFP growth 2015–2023).