A customer buys vegetables from a vendor at Bang Khong Market in Pak Nam, Samut Prakan province. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)
Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose a less than forecast 2.83% in March from a year earlier, the slowest pace in 15 months due to lower energy and food prices, the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday.
The reading compared with a forecast rise of 3.30% in March in a Reuters poll. The core CPI index was up 1.75% in March from a year ago, versus a forecast increase of 1.82%.
Headline inflation returned to the Bank of Thailand’s (BoT) target range of 1% to 3% for the first time in 15 months.
The Cmmerce Ministry forecast inflation to fall further in the second quarter, helped by lower oil prices,…
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