
Krungthai GLOBAL MARKETS analyst Poon Panichpibool said the baht had weakened to 32.50 per dollar but expects it to firm toward 32.30 after President Trump removed Fed governor Lisa Cook. He warned that Thai politics and month-end dollar purchases by importers could delay appreciation.
Expectations of Fed easing and a softer dollar would lower the local-currency cost of US commodity imports for Thai buyers, but the effect is expected to be short-lived.
Not 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.