DGBAS reports Taiwan’s 2017 GDP growth forecast to stand at a three-year high of 1.92 percent, with annual export to show the strongest increase of 8.5 percent in the past six years (photo courtesy of UDN.com). In light of the ...
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Taiwan had 464,000 jobless citizens in July 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.02% which rose by 0.10 ppt on month but dropped by 0.23ppt on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). ...
Taiwan's economic growth rate, on-year growth in GDP, in the first quarter of 2014 has been upward adjusted from 3.02% estimated in February 2014 to 3.04%, according to advance estimates released by the Directorate General of Budget, ...
Taipei, Dec. 24, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan’s unemployment rate reached 4.27% in November, a five-month low, dispelling the concern over the deterioration of the unemployment problem amid the sluggish economy, reported the Directorate ...
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The number of convenience stores in Taiwan may top 10,000 next year, boosting their total sales to a level higher than department stores and enabling them to become the leading retailer on the island, thanks to decision of President Chain ...
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Perng Fai-nan, governor of the Central Bank of China (CBC), pointed out yesterday (Dec. 19) that the CBC will stick to the “properly loose” monetary policy in the first quarter next year. He expected Taiwan’s real interest ...
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Taipei, Dec. 18, 2012 (CENS)--The Cabinet-level Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) has approved Taiwan's economic GDP growth rate target for 2013 at a high mark of 3.8%, as well as the target of keeping consumer price ...
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China Steel Corporation held the domestic pricing meeting for 2013 January and February shipments and announced the following statement: European Central Bank tries to ease the impact of European sovereign debt crisis by implementing ...
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Taipei,Oct.17,2012(CENS)--Global Insight recently revised its forecast of the global economic growth rate by 0.3 of a percentage point to 2.3%.Observers noted that the move may prompt the Directorate General of Budget,Accounting,and ...
Taipei, Nov. 1, 2012 (CENS)--The Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) revised downward, for the ninth time, its forecast for Taiwan's economic growth this year to 1.05% yesterday (Oct. 31). The DGBAS alerted ...
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Thanks to upturn in exports and investment, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) revised upward on Nov. 23 its forecast of Taiwan’s economic growth this year to 1.13%, confirming that the growth rate ...
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Taipei, Nov. 20, 2012 (CENS)--The number of Taiwanese workers aged 60 and over hit an all-time high of over 610,000 as of the end of September this year, according to the statistics compiled by the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting ...
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Taipei, Oct. 23, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's unemployment rate dropped by 0.08 of a percentage point to 4.32% in September, reported the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) yesterday (Oct. 22). A DGBAS official noted ...
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Taiwan had 491,000 jobless citizens in September 2012, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.32%, which fell by 0.08 percentage point on month but rose by 0.04 percentage point on year, according to statistics released by the ...
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Premier Sean Chen announced yesterday(Sept.26)that the basic hourly pay will be raised to NT$109,up from NT$103 now,effective Jan.1,next year.Meanwhile,the basic monthly pay will be enhanced to NT$19,047,on the premise that GDP growth ...
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