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INSANE: Bot raises key rate a quarter point | Rare Historical Photos

Shoppers buy food items in the Yaowarat neighbourhood of Bangkok. Consumer price inflation in February eased to 3.8% annually, from 5% in January. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The Bank of Thailand on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate for a fifth straight time and signalled that more tightening is on the horizon to return inflation to its target.

“With all the data that we have now, we think the rate normalisation should continue,” assistant governor Piti Disyatat said at a briefing after policymakers raised the one-day repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 1.75%.

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