Thai October factory output dips 0.08% y/y, better than forecast

[BANGKOK] Thailand’s manufacturing production index fell 0.08 per cent in October from a year earlier, the industry ministry said on Friday, beating analysts’ expectations.

The figure compared with a forecast 0.6 per cent year-on-year decline in a Reuters poll, and followed a revised annual rise of 1.19 per cent in September. REUTERS