Thailand headline CPI up 2.82% in Sept yr/yr, below forecast
Thailand's headline consumer price index rose 2.82% in September from a year earlier, after a 2.53% annual increase in the previous month, driven by higher fuel and food prices, the commerce ministry said. The reading compared with a forecast rise of 3.06% in a Reuters poll and remained within the central bank's inflation target range of 1% to 3%.
53% annual increase in the previous month, driven by higher fuel and food prices, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday. 06% in a Reuters poll, and remained within the central bank's inflation target range of 1% to 3%. The ministry expects the headline CPI to rise further in the fourth quarter, with October's pace seen accelerating from September, Nantapong Chiralerspong, head of the ministry's Trade Policy and Strategy Office, told a briefing. Recent flooding is expected to have only a small impact on inflation, he said.
5%, taking into account the impact of the floods, he said. 54%. 54% forecast rise. Last month, assistant central bank governor Don Nakornthab told Reuters that monetary policy is "very, very accommodative".
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