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April headline inflation rises 4.65% y/y, less than forecast

A vegetable vendor arranges price tags at the Bang Kapi wet market in Bang Kapi district, Bangkok, on Tuesday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose a slower-than-expected 4.65% in April from a year earlier, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday.

That compared with a forecast for a rise of 4.98% in a Reuters poll and following March’s 5.73% jump. The core CPI index was up 2.0% from a year earlier, in line with a forecast for a 2.01% increase.

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