Bank of Thailand likely to cut further

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) lowered its policy rate by 25bp to 3.0% today, as expected. Thailand’s economy has been hit hard by floods and weak global demand is likely to limit the rebound in manufacturing and exports. The upshot is that we expect Thailand’s repo rate to be lowered further and have pencilled in another 25bp cut in Q2.

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