A US-Japan joint intervention to stop the yen's slide is among the reasons the baht has appreciated beyond 33 baht to the dollar, economists say, noting that the Thai currency is likely to continue gaining against the greenback in the near term.

A US-Japan joint intervention to stop the yen's slide is among the reasons the baht has appreciated beyond 33 baht to the dollar, economists say, noting that the Thai currency is…

The yen has weakened in recent days, edging closer to the psychologically important 160 level against the US dollar. The decline comes despite the widely watched move by…