Liang-Sa Loh

1 week ago | gurutrade.com | Liang-Sa Loh |Ben Blanchard |Jacqueline Wong

TAIPEI, June 19 (Reuters) - Taiwan's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged on Thursday, as widely expected, given the island's robust tech-driven economy and moderating inflation, and maintained its economic growth outlook for the year. The central bank left the benchmark discount rate at 2%, in a unanimous decision and in line with predictions from a Reuters poll where 29 of 30 economists forecast no change. The central bank maintained its 2025 estimate for economic growth at 3.05%.

1 week ago | uk.marketscreener.com | Liang-Sa Loh

Published on 19/06/2025 at 09:45, updated on 19/06/2025 at 11:10TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged on Thursday, citing the island's robust tech-driven economy and moderating inflation, while signalling there was no need for a rate cut this year.

1 week ago | kfgo.com | Liang-Sa Loh

By Faith Hung and Liang-sa LohTAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s central bank is likely to maintain its policy interest rate this week and keep it steady through the first quarter of next year, given the strong performance of the tech-focused economy, according to economists in a Reuters poll. In March, the central bank left the benchmark discount rate at 2%, as expected, after raising it from 1.875% in March 2024 in anticipation of a rise in electricity prices.

1 month ago | zawya.com | Liang-Sa Loh |Ben Blanchard

Taiwan's central bank said on Friday that banks should follow foreign exchange settlement rules, after the Taiwan dollar notably strengthened last week and earlier this week. The Taiwan dollar on Monday and last Friday appreciated strongly against the greenback on market speculation that the U.S. had asked Taiwan to allow its currency to appreciate as part of tariff talks.

1 month ago | bilyonaryo.com | Liang-Sa Loh

SOURCE: Reuters Taiwan president decries ‘false’ information about forex Taiwan dollar at more than two-year high against greenback Taiwan repeatedly denies talking forex rate with US Taiwan central bank calls for speculation to end, calm to return Taiwan held tariff talks with US last week By Liang-sa Loh and Faith Hung TAIPEI, May 5 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s president on Monday called for an end to “false” news about talks with the United States on foreign exchange rate policy, after the Taiwan...