BANGKOK: * Thailand's annual headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.24 percent in March, beating a 0.93 percent rise forecast in a Reuters poll, and compared with February's 0.73 percent increase, commerce ministry data showed on Monday.
* March headline inflation rate was the highest since September 2018 and was within the central bank's target range of 1-4 percent after staying below that for four consecutive months.
* The core inflation rate was 0.58 percent in March, compared with a forecast of 0.60 percent, and February's 0.60 percent.
* The Thai central bank has forecast headline inflation of 1.0 percent for 2019.
* Last month, the central bank left its policy interest rate unchanged at 1.75 percent for a second straight review, after tightening in December for the first time since 2011. It will next review the monetary policy on May 8.
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