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Oil, war, pandemic: Economic costs mount

Workers inspect oil storage tanks of Shell Thailand at Klong Toey on March 9. Oil prices remained volatile during the past week. (Photo: Pattanapong Hirunard)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is sending economic shockwaves around the globe with crude oil prices at one point reaching US$130 per barrel, hitting businesses already reeling from tepid consumption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thailand saw its consumer price index, a gauge of headline inflation, surge 5.28% in February from a year earlier, driven by higher energy prices, although the war only started late last month.

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