BANGKOK : Thai consumer confidence dropped for a seventh consecutive month in August to its lowest level in 32 months due to concerns about a slow economic recovery, political instability, and U.S. tariffs, a survey showed on Thursday. But sentiment could improve under Thailand's new government, said Thanavath Phonvichai, president of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, which conducted the survey. The university's consumer index fell to 50.1 in August from 51.7 in July, it said in a