UTCC: Prices to remain stable
- Published: 5 Oct 2012 at 12.34
- Online news: News
The University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC) has predicted retail prices of basic goods will remain stable for the rest of the year, with no increases expected.
Thanawat Polvichai, director of the Economic and Business Forecasting Centre at the UTTC, said on Friday that even though the Commerce Ministry is no longer asking the private sector to control prices, other state measures are helping keep prices in check, such as the diesel excise exemption, at a time of sluggish export growth.
Mr Thanawat said he was confident this year’s inflation rate will be between 3.0 and 3.4%.
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