April headline inflation rises 4.65% y/y, less than forecast

A vegetable vendor arranges price tags at the Bang Kapi wet market in Bang Kapi district, Bangkok, on Tuesday. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) in April rose 4.65% from a year earlier, driven by higher energy and food prices, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday, though the figure came in below forecasts.

The CPI was expected to rise 4.98% in a Reuters poll and followed March's 5.73% jump, the fastest pace in 13 years.