Thailand's central bank to continue raising repo rate

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) hiked its policy rate by 25bp to 3.0% today, as expected. The economy grew at an above-trend pace at the start of the year, while price pressures should continue to mount in coming quarters. We expect another 25bp hike in July, followed by more tightening this year.

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