The Thai policy rate was left unchanged at 1.25% today, as expected. The Bank of Thailand (BoT) acknowledged that the economic momentum built up at the end of last year has carried forward into 2010. However, core price pressures are subdued and political tensions remain high. The upshot is that we still expect a first repo rate hike in June and see rates ending the year at a still-low 2.00%.
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