Thailand's headline inflation declines 0.72 pct in September

BANGKOK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's headline inflation declined for a sixth successive month in September, driven by lower energy and food prices, official data showed on Monday.

The Southeast Asian country's consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.72 percent last month from a year earlier, decelerating slightly from a 0.79 percent decrease in August, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

The September reading remained well below the central bank's target range of 1 percent to 3 percent for the seventh month in a row.

The drop was mainly attributed to lower electricity and fuel prices, resulting from the government's cost-of-living relief measures and falling energy prices in the global market, along with reduced prices of fresh food items, the ministry said in a statement.

Core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food and energy prices, rose 0.65 percent year-on-year in September, slowing from a 0.81 percent increase in the previous month.

For the first nine months of 2025, the headline CPI contracted 0.01 percent compared to the same period last year.

The ministry revised its headline inflation forecast to zero percent this year, citing lower-than-expected figures in the first three quarters of the year and persistently weak economic growth. Enditem