Taiwan's Economy

• General Introduction
  • Taiwan's Economy (Updated 2008)

• Year 2008
  • Economic Indicators
    • Economic growth goal for 2008 set at 4.8 percent, says Premier (January 2)
    • Taiwan's top 300 companies see profit growth (January 2)

• Year 2007
  • Economic Indicators
    • Taiwan gets A+ credit rating (September 21)
    • Taiwan's 2007 economic growth expected to hit 4.58%: DGBAS (August 29)
    • CIER forecasts economic growth in 2007 to reach 4.26 percent (July 25)
    • 2006 inflation rate at three-year low (January 6)
  • Issues of Concern
    • Workshop stressed investment in people (September 6)
    • Council calls for bridging wealth gap (August 8)
    • Cabinet introduces measures to stabilize consumer prices (August 8)
    • CEPD official calls for new pay rise (August 1)
    • MOEA to beef up industrial park service centers (July 25)
    • CEPD plans to attract white-collar immigrants (July 18)
    • Cabinet okays plan to attract foreign experts (July 4)
    • Premier announces new plan to assist small businesses (June 27)
    • Laureate sees ROC's promise (April 27)

• Year 2006
  • Economic Indicators
    • Daily forex deals hit record high of US$15.18b in April (June 7)
    • Private consumption seen to be on the wane despite higher economic forecast (May 19)
    • Forex reserves hit new high of US$259b as of April (May 12)
    • CPI growth hit 3-month high of 1.23% in April (May 11)
    • N.T. dollar hit 11-month high (May 4)
    • CHIER ups prediction for economic growth to 4.17% for 2006 (April 27)
    • Money supply indicators saw growth slowdown in February (April 17)
    • Economic indictor flashed 7th consecutive "green light" in February (April 4)
    • NT dollar rises in step with TAIEX index (January 20)
  • Global Performance
    • Taiwan's potential for growth remains strong, CEPD claims (September 29)
    • Taiwan's global competitive ranking drops to 14th place (May 12)
    • South Korea's per capita GDP overtakes Taiwan's (April 6)
    • Inclusion of Taiwan in MSCI list of developed nations unlikely (March 28)
    • Five Taiwanese entrepreneurs on Forbes list of billionaires (March 11)
    • Fair Trade Commission chosen as "Team of the Year" for 2005 (February 27)
  • Issues of Concern
    • Corporate social responsibility in need of improvement: Survey (May 26)
    • "Asian Strategy" key in economic growth: Tsai (March 28)

• Year 2005
  • Typhoon damage, oil price hike pump up consumer price index (November 4)
  • Taiwan ranked 1st in Asia for growth competitiveness (September 28)
  • Taiwan economy advances in 2005 (September 23)
  • Disappearing Distances (September 1)
  • ROC foreign reserves 3rd in the world (July 27)