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Thailand’s rate cut may invite currency weakness

In a surprise move, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) cut its policy rate by 25bps to 2.25% today. With the economy still in a fragile state, we expect rates to be kept low to support the economy through most of 2014. The flip side is that Thailand could become more vulnerable to downturns in investor sentiment.

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