19 September 2025 Emerging Asia Monitor Growth not putting pressure on CBC to cut, but inflation is easing

Taiwan's central bank kept the discount rate at 2.000% yesterday, which was no surprise to anyone.
Economic growth is likely to be much stronger in Q3; we have upgraded our forecast to 8.4%.
Strong export growth is reducing the need for a rate cut, notwithstanding weak consumption.

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