|
Thai January inflation eases from one-year high, rates seen on holdReuters BANGKOK -- Thailand's headline inflation rate in January eased from a more than one-year high in December, showing a big wage rise last month has had only a limited impact so far, which gives the central bank room to keep rates low to support the economy.
February 2, 2013, 12:05 am TWN Most economists think the central bank may leave its policy rate unchanged at 2.75 percent at its next meeting on Feb. 20, and possibly for some months to come. Annual inflation in January was 3.39 percent, as forecast and down from December's 3.63 percent — the highest since November 2011 — and compared with a median forecast of 3.40 percent in a Reuters poll. |
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||