Taiwan central bank sees CPI rising less than 2%, to apply moderate tightening
Taiwan's central bank said on Wednesday it expects the consumer price index (CPI) to rise less than 2 per cent this year, and will gradually apply a moderate tightening policy to curb inflation expectations.
Taiwan's CPI rose 3.08 per cent in February to a 19-month high amid higher food prices during the Lunar New Year holiday, although the government said it sees inflation trending down and inflationary pressure easing.
Curbing inflation expectations "would maintain price stability, helping the domestic economy to have stable growth", the central bank said in a report delivered to parliament.
Governor Yang Chin-long will take questions in parliament on Thursday. Yang has said that Taiwan's increased interest rate cycle may not be over yet, although core inflation is expected to continue to trend down next year.Taiwan's central bank, at its last quarterly board meeting in December, unanimously decided to keep its policy rate unchanged at 1.875 per cent, where it has stood since last March. While acknowledging the expected downward trend for core inflation in 2024, the bank did not take the option to increase rates in the future off the table.
The next rate-setting meeting is scheduled for March 21. The central bank sees the island's export-driven economic growth for this year to be better than in 2023, the report said. The bank's net selling of U.S. dollars for 2023 was $2.77 billion, it said.
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