Bangkok Post quoted Mr Yanyong Phuangrach commerce permanent secretary as saying that Thailand's inflation rate for June 2012 rose by 2.56% YoY and 0.1% MoM.

Mr Yanyong said that inflation in the first six months of 2012 was up by 2.95% and the Ministry of Commerce maintains the inflation target for this year at 3.3% to 3.8%.

June's core inflation, which excludes volatile fresh food and energy prices, was up 1.92% from the same period last year and 0.15% on May 2012.

Core inflation for the first half of this year increased 2.37% YoY.

Source - Bangkok Post

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