BANGKOK, Dec 3 : Thailand's annual headline inflation rate was negative for an eighth month in November, driven by falling energy prices and government support measures, but the commerce ministry said on Wednesday it expected consumer prices to rise slightly next year.

The headline consumer price index fell 0.49 per cent in November from a year earlier, following a drop of 0.76 per cent in October. The ministry said it expected headline inflation for 2025 would come in between negative 0.15 per cent and negative 0.2 per cent, the first full-year negative reading in five years.

The core CPI reading rose an annual 0.66 per cent in November. The ministry has said previously that negative CPI readings were not a signal of deflation given the core CPI was still positive.

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