Thailand August factory output rises 4.44% y/y, beating forecast
Thailand’s manufacturing production index rose 4.44% in August from a year earlier, versus a 1.0% forecast in a Reuters poll. The industry ministry revised July’s MPI to +3.97% y/y and lifted its 2026 factory output forecast to 2.75% to 3.75% from 0.25% earlier.
44% in August from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Wednesday, stronger than analysts' forecasts. 0% in a Reuters poll. The ministry has adjusted its MPI methodology, adding more electronics products and changing the weightings to support the country's new economic structure, Supakit Boonsiri, head of the ministry's industrial economics office, told a briefing. August output was boosted by higher electronics production, government stimulus measures, and a weaker baht, he said.
46% increase. 25% rise seen earlier, according to Supakit. com)