The country's headline consumer prices rose again in December. (Post Today photo)The country's headline consumer prices rose again in December, but were below forecasts. The headline consumer price index rose 0.78% in December from a year earlier, after November's 0.99% rise, the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday. The BoT has left its policy interest rate unchanged at 1.50% since April 2015. The core CPI index, which excludes raw food and energy prices, rose 0.62% in December year-on-year, also below the poll's median forecast of 0.65% increase.

Source: Bangkok Post January 03, 2018 04:52 UTC