THAILAND’S headline inflation increased further in September, mainly due to rising fuel costs amid escalating Middle East tensions and higher food prices, official data showed on Tuesday.
The Southeast Asian country’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.82 per cent last month compared to a year earlier, accelerating from a 2.53-per-cent gain in August and registering the strongest reading since April, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
The September figure brings inflation closer to the upper bound of the central bank’s one per cent to three per cent target range.
Core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food and energy prices, climbed 1.50 per cent year on year in September, quickening from a 1.44-per-cent rise in the previous month.
For the first nine months of 2026, the headline CPI grew 1.54 per cent compared to the same period last year. — Xinhua
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