The Bank of Thailand (BoT) announces its policy rate decision on Wednesday and we expect the repo rate to be hiked by 25bp for the third meeting in a row, to 2.5%. The economy is strengthening and core inflation is already picking up. The repo rate is also still well-below average and so we expect further monetary tightening to 3.0% by year-end.
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