BANGKOK, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's headline inflation extended its decline for an eighth consecutive month in November, mainly due to lower energy prices, particularly fuel and household electricity, official data showed on Wednesday.
The Southeast Asian country's consumer price index (CPI) dropped 0.49 percent last month compared to a year earlier, decelerating from a 0.76 percent decrease in October, according to the Ministry of Commerce.
The ministry attributed the continued drop to developments in the global energy market and government measures aimed at easing the cost-of-living burden.
Despite that, food prices rebounded after a three-month decline, thanks to higher prices for fresh vegetables, prepared foods, and non-alcoholic beverages.
Core CPI, which excludes volatile fresh food and energy prices, rose 0.66 percent year on year in November, picking up from a 0.61 percent increase in the previous month.
For the first 11 months of 2025, the headline CPI contracted 0.12 percent compared to the same period last year.
The headline CPI is projected to range between 0 percent and 1 percent next year, driven by rising prices of farm products resulting from price stabilization policies, along with a recovery in the vital tourism sector, said Nantapong Chiralerspong, director general of the ministry's Trade Policy and Strategy Office.
However, the ongoing fall of crude oil prices in the global market as well as the government's implementation of cost-of-living reduction measures would potentially decelerate the inflation, Nantapong told a news conference. ■