Thai central bank monitoring baht weakness and no big worry yet, says its finance minister


BANGKOK, Sept 26 (Reuters): Thailand's central bank is closely monitoring the baht weakness but there has been no big concern about it yet, the finance minister said on Monday, as the currency hit its lowest in 16 years against the dollar.

"On baht weakness, the central bank is always taking care of what we've assigned. There isn't much of anything right now. Nothing serious still," Arkhom Termpittayapaisith told reporters.

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