Bangkok Post – Citibank: BoT likely to freeze rates for 2 years

Citibank Thailand expects the Bank of Thailand to keep its policy rate steady for two years, in line with a gradual economic recovery and no inflationary pressure.

For the medium term, the central bank will make interest rate moves based on assessments of the country’s economic situation, said the corporate bank.

Citibank predicts the central bank will hold its policy rate unchanged through 2025 under its base-case economic projection for the next eight quarters, said Nalin Chutchotitham, economist at Citibank Thailand.

The policy rate is currently 2.5%, the highest level in a decade, following eight successive quarter-point increases from 0.5% in August 2022.

Citibank expects the central bank to maintain its policy rate this year based on the gradual recovery of the Thai economy, with inflation slowly expanding to the regulator’s target range of…