11.   Third quarter GDP figures are not due until the very eve of the election, probably too late to make much difference.

12.   But Pisit expressed general optimism about second quarter GDP figures which are still to be announced.

13.   Fourth quarter GDP figures are slated to be released mid-February.

14.   Growth contracted in the first quarter, a trend analysts expect will be further confirmed in second quarter figures due next week.

15.   Second quarter figures were to be announced on Tuesday.

16.   The fourth quarter figures are preliminary estimates and will be revised next month.

17.   The first quarter figure marked a decline following three consecutive quarterly increases.

18.   The markets got a dose of good news this morning in an upward revision of fourth quarter productivity figures.

19.   There is a strongly-held view that the first quarter GDP figures might not have been negative if there was no water crisis.

20.   There are prospects that fourth quarter GDP might also be lower than the third quarter figure, the department said.