BANGKOK: Thailand’s economy slowed sharply in 2014 to grow at its slowest pace in three years, as political turmoil engulfing the kingdom com pounded a fall in agricultural prices and waning exports.

Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 0.7 percent last year, down sharply from the 2.9 percent recorded in 2013, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) said in a statement on Monday.

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