Thai September headline CPI rises 2.82% on year, below forecast

Business Recorder reported that Thailand's headline consumer price index climbed 2.82% over the twelve months to September, up from 2.53% in August. The commerce ministry released the figures on Tuesday. It was the ministry's latest monthly update.

The reading came in below the 3.06% forecast in a Reuters poll, and the August figure had been above forecast. The September rate also remained inside the 1% to 3% band that the central bank targets, so it stayed within that range.

Core inflation, which strips out unpredictable energy and fresh produce costs, reached 1.50% over the same twelve months. Since the report covers Thailand alone, it contains no direct figures for PSX-listed companies, and no Pakistani sector is named in it.