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Thailand - Inflation

Consumer prices unchanged year-on-year in August

Consumer prices fell 0.18% over the previous month in August, a sharper drop than July's 0.12% fall. August's result marked the weakest reading since May. Looking at the details of the release, the change in the prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages was largely steady in August. In contrast, prices for housing and furnishing fell at a less pronounced rate.

Consumer prices were unchanged year-on-year in August, following July’s 0.5%. Accordingly, annual average inflation remained at July's 0.3% in August. Lastly, core inflation was unchanged, coming in at July's 0.1% in August.

Regarding the outlook, Kyrstal Tan and Sanjay Mathur, economists are ANZ Research, commented:

“Looking ahead, inflation readings are likely to rise again in the coming months as the economy emerges from containment measures and as utility bills normalise. To recap, the government lowered utility bills for July and August to provide relief and encourage people to remain at home amid the virus outbreak. The virus situation has improved more recently, giving the government scope to ease restrictions, effective 1 September. A cautious reopening, if successfully managed, will boost economic activity. There are early signs that mobility has picked up sharply.”

FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast panelists see inflation returning in 2021, with consumer prices rising 1.1%, which is down 0.1 percentage points from last month’s forecast, while in 2022 panelists predict average inflation of 1.2%.

Thailand - Inflation Data

2015   2016   2017   2018   2019  
Inflation Rate (CPI, annual variation in %)-0.9  0.2  0.7  1.1  0.7  

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Thailand Inflation
Note: Annual variation of consumer price index (CPI) in %.
Source: Bureau of Trade and Economics and FocusEconomics calculations.

Thailand Facts

Value Change Date
Exchange Rate30.110.17 %Dec 30

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