Thai Nov headline CPI jumps 2.71% y/y, tops forecast

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose a more-than- expected 2.71% in November from a year earlier, driven by higher oil and vegetable prices, the commerce ministry said on Friday.

The reading compared with a forecast for a rise of 2.5% in a Reuters poll and followed October's 2.38% increase.

The core CPI index was up 0.29% from a year earlier, versus a forecast for a 0.30% rise.

For 2021, the ministry is maintaining its forecast for headline inflation of 0.8% to 1.2%.

The headline CPI in 2022 is projected to rise by 0.7% to 2.4%.

(Reporting by Kitphong Thaichareon, Satawasin Staporncharnchai; Editing by Ed Davies)