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Thailand cuts rate in latest move to blunt impact of virus

by AP Business Writer
| February 5, 2020 2:45 PM

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate to an all-time low of 1% from 1.25% on Wednesday to help the economy weather a series of setbacks, most lately the virus outbreak in China that has devastated Thailand's tourism sector.

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