Thai Dec headline CPI falls 0.27% y/y, smaller drop than forecast

Commuters wearing protective masks at Siam BTS Station in Bangkok. Thailand’s economic conditions are expected to deteriorate further this year as the nation battles a resurgence in the coronavirus, according to a national survey. - Bloomberg

BANGKOK, Jan 5 (Reuters): Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) in December dropped a less than expected 0.27% from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.

That compared with the forecast for a 0.40% fall in a Reuters poll and followed November's 0.41% decline.