BANGKOK, March 7 (Reuters) - Thailand's headline
consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.79% in February from a year
earlier, less than analyst forecasts, due mainly to lower energy
and food prices, commerce ministry data showed on Tuesday.
The reading compared with a forecast for a 4.18% rise in
February in a Reuters poll, and followed January's 5.02%
increase. The core CPI index was up 1.93% in February from a
year ago, versus a forecast rise of 2.10%.
It said headline inflation was still seen at 2% to 3% this
year and inflation was seen slowing in March.
(Reporting by Orathai Sriring, Kitiphong Thaichareon and
Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Editing by Martin Petty)
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