thailands central bank raised its policy rate as it continued its efforts to tame inflation the bank of thailand said wednesday that its policy committee voted unanimously to increase its oneday repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 225 effective immediately all seven economists polled by the wall street journal had projected the central bank would raise its policy rate by a quarter percentage point thailands inflation has moderated in recent months the consumerprice index in june rose 02 from a year earlier following a 05 increase in may and a 27 gain in april compared with the central banks inflation target range of 1030 the thai central bank began lifting its policy rate in august 2022 from a record low of 050 in response to a surge in inflation caused by the russiaukraine war and the recovery from the pandemic