Thailand: rates on hold, no tightening likely in 2019

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) left interest rates on hold today, but sounded surprisingly upbeat on the outlook for the economy. While this suggests that a further rate hike cannot be entirely ruled out, we are sticking with our view that interest rates will be left unchanged this year.

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