Thailand: Stable policy anchors short-end yields – DBS

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DBS Group Research economist Chua Han Teng expects the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to keep its policy rate at 1.00% through 2026, following the unanimous decision on August 26 to stay on hold. Teng highlights low and uneven economic growth, constrained private consumption, and subdued inflation, implying stable short-end Thai government bond yields despite external currency volatility and ongoing supply-side inflation risks.

BoT seen holding at 1.00%

"We continue to expect the Bank of Thailand (BoT) to keep its policy rate stable at 1.00% through the remainder of 2026, resulting in ongoing stable short-end government bond yields."

"The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee appears to have limited appetite to adjust interest rates in either direction."

"Lower-than-expected headline inflation, which has retreated from the upper end of the BoT’s 1-3% target range, has reduced the impetus for policy tightening, amid anchored medium-term inflation expectations."

"Nevertheless, the unresolved conflict in the Middle East, continued albeit gradual pass-through of energy costs, and upside risks to food inflation arising from adverse El Nino-related weather conditions will keep the authorities vigilant on inflation, even as they look through the supply-side shock that would ease after 1Q27."

"The BoT noted volatile movements in the Thai baht against the US dollar due to external developments."

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