Economic Indicators
Thai June headline CPI +7.66 y/y, beats forecast
2022.07.05 05:25
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks at the Maeklong market next to the train tracks, on the outskirts of Bangkok, Thailand September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) jumped 7.66% in June from a year earlier, a stronger increase than expected, driven up by higher energy prices, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.
That compared with a forecast for a 7.50% rise in a Reuters poll and following May’s 7.1% increase. The core CPI index was up 2.51% from a year earlier, also beating a forecast for a 2.37% rise.
