The Bank of Thailand (BoT) raised its repo rate by 25bp to 3.25% today, as expected. Fiscal policy is likely to be looser under the incoming government than the outgoing administration. The upshot is that we expect more monetary tightening this year. We have pencilled in another 25bp hike in August.
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