Economics
Bank of Thailand Holds Key Rate, Lets Fiscal Policy Lead
- Economic growth likely to undershoot forecasts, official says
- Nearly all economists in survey expected the bank to hold rate
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Thailand’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate steady at an all-time low as fiscal measures take the lead in reviving the economy amid a renewed outbreak of Covid-19.
The Bank of Thailand kept the policy rate at 0.5% Wednesday in a unanimous decision, its sixth straight hold. Twenty-five of 27 economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted the decision, with two expecting a 25-basis point cut.