# Baht Falls Most in a Month as Thailand Raises Covid Alert Level | Financial Post

> The baht fell as much as 1% to 33.523 per dollar, its biggest drop since late November, after Thailand raised its Covid alert level to the second-highest tier. The move was also linked to hawkish FOMC minutes and energy import costs.

- Date: 2022-01-06 · published 2022-01-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Thailand · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43409-baht-falls-most-in-a-month-as-thailand-raises-covid-alert-level-financial-post
- Commodities: [Thai Baht (THB per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDTHB.md)

## Why it matters

Covid restrictions weighing on tourism and a stronger dollar lift the cost of imports priced in dollars, but the impact on feed commodities is small.

## Read by commodity

- USDTHB: bullish ▲

## Sources

- financialpost.com: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/baht-falls-most-in-a-month-as-thailand-raises-covid-alert-level

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