Thai Dec headline CPI falls 0.27% y/y, smaller drop than forecast

Thai Dec headline CPI falls 0.27% y/y, smaller drop than forecast

FILE PHOTO: A vendor sells snacks at a market in Bangkok, Thailand March 31, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) in December dropped a less than expected 0.27% from a year earlier, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday.

That compared with the forecast for a 0.40% fall in a Reuters poll and followed November's 0.41% decline.

The core CPI index rose 0.19% from a year earlier, compared with a forecast of a 0.17% rise.

In 2020, the headline CPI fell 0.85% while the core CPI rose 0.29%.

(Reporting by Kitiphong Thaichareon; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Martin Petty)