# Bangkok Post - MPC sticks with 0.50%, eyes baht

> The Bank of Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee kept its policy rate at 0.50% on August 5 and said it would continue monitoring baht strength driven by abundant global liquidity. The article is partly in reversed text, but the core facts are the unchanged rate and currency monitoring.

- Date: 2020-08-05 · published 2020-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Thailand · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/51889-bangkok-post-mpc-sticks-with-0-50-eyes-baht
- Commodities: [Thai Baht (THB per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDTHB.md)

## Why it matters

An unchanged rate and watchful stance on the baht mean no immediate change to Thai import costs for feed.

## Read by commodity

- USDTHB: neutral

## Sources

- bangkokpost.com: https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/1963467/mpc-sticks-with-0-50-eyes-baht

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