Thai Trade Deficit Widens as Imports Surge, Baht Strengthens
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-25 07:24
Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg Thailand posted a higher-than-expected trade deficit for a second month as a jump in imports outpaced sluggish export growth, underscoring economic risks including a stronger baht that threatens competitiveness. The trade deficit last month was 1.36 billion forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists. The nation’s trade balance swung to a $3.4 billion deficit in October, the biggest gap since January 2023. Most Read from Bloomberg Th ...