Table II: Inflation in Taiwan

Period
Consumer price index
average annual increase (%)

Wholesale price index
average annual increase (%)

1952-1960 9.71* 8.87
1961-1970 3.4 2
1971-1980 11.08 (4.4) 10.73 (1.42)
1981-1995 3.35 0.24
1952-1980 7.95 (5.39) 7.14 (4.3)
1952-1995 6.34 (4.64) 4.79 (2.88)
* CPI figures are only for 1953-1960.
The figures inside the parentheses exclude the years of the energy crises.
Source: Taiwan Statistical Data Book. Taipei: Council for Economic Planning and Development, Executive Yuan, Republic of China, 1981 and 1996.

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