Secretary-general Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said political risk and an economic slowdown are the major risk factors that may lead entrepreneurs, both local and foreign, to delay expansion and new hiring. The NESDB said Thailand has 2.5 million households or 9 million people in urban areas who earn only 3,248 baht per person per month compared with the country's per capita income of 3,642 baht per person per month.