Thailand to focus on pro-growth policy

BANGKOK, May 12 (Reuters) - Thailand will focus on pro-growth economic policies despite a rising inflation outlook, Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee said on Monday.

He told reporters the Bank of Thailand would not implement a policy that would hurt economic growth.

Annual headline inflation hit a 2-year high of 6.2 percent in April, fuelled by oil and food prices. (Reporting by Boontiwa Wichakul, Trisanat Kongkhunthian, Kittphong Thaichareon, Orathai Sriring; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Ed Cropley)