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HISTORICAL FACTS: Bot to continue with gradual approach - Caught on Camera

A shopper buys fruit at a wet market in Pattaya. The country’s inflation rate in March eased to 2.8% annually. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Bank of Thailand policy makers backed continuing their gradual and measured approach as they raised interest rates last month, minutes of their meeting showed, citing risks that inflation could stay higher for longer than expected.

The central bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) voted unanimously on March 29 to raise the one-day repurchase rate by a quarter point to 1.75% to try to curb inflationary pressures.

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