BANGKOK -- Thailand's central bank on Wednesday brought its policy rate to 2.5%, an eighth-consecutive increase that came in defiance of market expectations and in a bid to keep inflation in check.
In a Reuters poll conducted Sept. 18-20, 21 of 27 economists said the Bank of Thailand would keep its benchmark one-day repurchase rate at 2.25% now that inflation has eased.
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