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Thai headline inflation at 2.79% in May, below forecast

A lorry driver waits for a service station attendant to fill up the diesel tank at a PTT station in Nonthaburi on April 24. Pump prices rise due to the United States and Israel launched air strikes against Iran on Feb 28. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

Thailand's headline ​consumer price index ‌rose by 2.79% in May from a year earlier, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday.

The reading ​compared ⁠with a forecast increase of 3.10% in a Reuters poll, and ‌followed a rise of 2.89% in April.

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