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.
(Reporting by Orathai Sriring, Kitiphong Thaichareon and Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Ed Davies)
