BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.83% in October from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Wednesday, remaining below the central bank’s target range for inflation of 1% to 3%.
The figure compared with a forecast increase of 0.94% in a Reuters poll, and an annual inflation rate of 0.61% in September.
The core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was up 0.77% on the year, versus a forecast rise of 0.79%.
(Reporting by Kitphong Thaichareon; Writing by Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by John Mair, Martin Petty)
