Taiwan

BMI View: While Taiwan's economic growth slightly exceeded our 4.5% forecast in 2006, coming in at 4.62%, concerns about the health of the economy linger - in both the external and... 2007-02-21

BMI View: Taiwan's economic growth surprised on the upside in Q306, coming in at 5.02% y-o-y, up from 4.57% y-o-y and 4.92% y-o-y in Q206 and Q106 respectively. Growth, however, remains... 2007-02-06

BMI View: The outlook for Taiwan's exports remains soft, with slowing growth in the US constituting the main downside risk. However, Taiwan's overseas shipments will continue to be... 2007-02-06

The district court of Taiwan's Kaohsiung City has ordered that the votes from December's mayoral election must be recounted, upholding claims from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT)'s... 2007-02-05

BMI View: Progress on Taiwan's 2007 budget bill is being delayed by an argument in parliament over reforms that would give the main opposition Nationalist Party an edge in the Election... 2007-01-30

BMI View: Taiwan's economic growth surprised on the upside in Q306, coming in at 5.02% y-o-y, up from 4.57% y-o-y and 4.92% y-o-y in Q206 and Q106 respectively. Growth, however, remains... 2007-01-09

The New Year addresses delivered by Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Taiwanese counterpart, Chen Shui-bian, were notable for their differences. While the former called on the 'sons... 2007-01-05

The Central Bank of China (CBC) raised its benchmark interest rate by 12.5bps for the 10th consecutive quarter on Thursday December 28, in line with our expectations that the discount... 2006-12-29

The weekend elections for the mayorships of Taiwan's two biggest cities, Taipei and Kaohsiung, yielded mixed results, suggesting that the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)... 2006-12-11

Taiwan has urged China to do more to open its market to Taiwanese financial companies, following comments from Beijing that officials on the mainland were willing to discuss issues... 2006-12-01