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The baht touched 32.58 per dollar, its strongest level in over two months, as the dollar weakened after the US Treasury doubled the size of its long-end debt buyback operations. Spot gold rose to about $4,644 an ounce.
A weaker dollar and stronger baht lower the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports into Thailand. The effect on global grain prices is limited.
bangkokpost.comNareerat WiriyapongAug 24, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
