Thailand bucks peers as consumer prices drop for 3rd month in row

Energy subsidies keep inflation down while core CPI ticks up

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Outside Bangkok's Siam Paragon shopping mall. Consumer prices are edging up, mostly due to weather and the high cost of producing some fresh foods. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)

FRANCESCA REGALADO, Nikkei staff writer

BANGKOK -- Thailand's consumer price index declined from a year earlier for the third straight month in December, making the Southeast Asian economy an outlier in the region.

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