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Q1 GDP growth tops forecast but Ukraine war hits 2022 outlook

Tourism helped boost Thai economic growth in the first quarter. (Bangkok Post photo)

Thailand’s economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter supported by a pickup in agriculture and an easing of Covid-19 curbs, but higher inflation remained a drag on a fragile recovery.

The government cut its 2022 economic growth forecast to 2.5-3.5% from 3.5-4.5%, due to higher prices and slower global growth linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Last year’s expansion was revised to 1.5% from 1.6%, among the slowest growth rates in the region.

The economy, Southeast Asia’s second largest, expanded a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in the March quarter from the previous three months, data from the National Economic and Social Development…

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