Yanyong Puangrach
Thailand's CPI for Jan rises by 3.38pc
Thailand's general consumer price index (CPI) for January 2012 stood at 113.21, an increase of 3.38 percent on January 2011 and up 0.39 percent on December 2011, permanent secretary for commerce Yanyong Puangrach said on Wednesday.
Core CPI for the month, which excludes food and energy, rose 2.75 percent on the same month last year and an increase of 0.26 on December 2011 to stand at 107.26, said Yanyong.
Thailand's consumer confidence, inflation both rising
Thailand's consumer confidence index for December went up for the first time in four months, since the great flood began in July, to 21.4 points, while the average inflation rate for 2011 went up to 3.81 percent year on year, permanent secretary for commerce Yanyong Puangrach said on Thursday.
Consumer confidence on future income rose to 43.2 and to 10.1 for job opportunities, Yanyong said.
