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UNCOVERED: Key rate likely to rise next month - The Untold Story

Office workers walk in the rain in Bangkok's business district of Silom. (Bangkok Post file photo)

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) is highly likely to raise its key policy rate at its August meeting, a senior director said on Thursday, as other central banks moved to tighten their monetary policy.

Weakness in the baht is still in line with those of trade partners and competitors and the central bank is ready to intervene if the Thai currency weakens too much, Don Nakornthab, a senior director at the BoT, said.

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