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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate NT$:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 33.37 | 34.28 | 34.34 | 33.70 | 32.91 | 32.79 | 32.92 | 32.88 | 32.59 | 32.33 | 32.34 | 32.28 |
| 2010 | 31.90 | 32.09 | 31.88 | 31.52 | 31.96 | 32.31 | 32.17 | 31.95 | 31.78 | 30.96 | 30.71 | 30.55 |
| 2011 | 29.61 | 29.40 | 29.53 | 29.01 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Exchange rate NT$:US$ (end-period) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 33.80 | 34.95 | 33.92 | 33.23 | 32.65 | 32.82 | 32.82 | 32.92 | 32.20 | 32.54 | 32.19 | 32.03 |
| 2010 | 31.99 | 32.09 | 31.82 | 31.42 | 32.23 | 32.28 | 32.05 | 32.10 | 31.33 | 30.78 | 30.85 | 30.37 |
| 2011 | 29.30 | 29.75 | 29.42 | 28.76 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money supply M1 (end-period; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 10.1 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 21.4 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 27.8 | 30.5 | 28.9 |
| 2010 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 19.0 | 17.4 | 13.1 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
| 2011 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money supply M2 (end-period; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 |
| 2011 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Deposit rate (end-period; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Lending rate (end-period; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| 2010 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 2011 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Industrial production (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -42.6 | -26.3 | -24.7 | -19.3 | -18.1 | -10.7 | -7.2 | -9.0 | 2.8 | 7.4 | 32.0 | 47.8 |
| 2010 | 71.9 | 36.6 | 41.2 | 33.3 | 31.5 | 24.9 | 21.1 | 23.5 | 12.1 | 14.4 | 19.6 | 18.9 |
| 2011 | 17.4 | 12.9 | 13.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Unemployment rate (%) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TSE weighted stockmarket index (end-period; Jun 30th 1966=100) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 4,248 | 4,557 | 5,211 | 5,993 | 6,890 | 6,432 | 7,078 | 6,826 | 7,509 | 7,340 | 7,582 | 8,188 |
| 2010 | 7,640 | 7,436 | 7,920 | 8,004 | 7,374 | 7,329 | 7,761 | 7,616 | 8,238 | 8,287 | 8,372 | 8,973 |
| 2011 | 9,145 | 8,600 | 8,683 | 9,008 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1.5 | -1.3 | -0.1 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -2.0 | -2.3 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -1.9 | -1.6 | -0.2 |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.3 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 2011 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Producer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -10.8 | -9.3 | -9.3 | -11.1 | -13.5 | -13.7 | -14.0 | -11.0 | -9.5 | -6.2 | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 2011 | 2.0 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Average monthly nominal wages (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -4.3 | -39.9 | -10.8 | -8.6 | -7.6 | -10.0 | -7.7 | -9.7 | -6.2 | -1.7 | 2.7 | 5.5 |
| 2010 | -15.6 | 80.8 | 10.1 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 12.1 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| 2011 | 42.8 | -25.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Average monthly real wages (% change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -5.7 | -39.0 | -10.6 | -8.1 | -7.5 | -8.2 | -5.5 | -9.0 | -5.3 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | -15.8 | 76.6 | 8.7 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 8.0 | 5.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 41.3 | -26.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Goods exports fob (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 11,706 | 11,955 | 14,714 | 14,122 | 15,379 | 16,128 | 16,489 | 18,044 | 18,134 | 18,941 | 19,054 | 19,139 |
| 2010 | 20,757 | 15,849 | 22,257 | 20,980 | 24,377 | 21,693 | 22,788 | 22,892 | 21,298 | 22,884 | 23,061 | 22,719 |
| 2011 | 24,005 | 20,234 | 25,882 | 25,906 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Goods imports cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 8,859 | 10,754 | 12,044 | 12,627 | 12,939 | 15,115 | 15,186 | 16,973 | 16,437 | 16,521 | 17,850 | 18,240 |
| 2010 | 19,169 | 15,753 | 21,775 | 19,333 | 22,284 | 21,088 | 21,686 | 21,717 | 20,553 | 21,136 | 23,894 | 22,157 |
| 2011 | 23,380 | 20,273 | 25,409 | 24,301 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2,847 | 1,201 | 2,671 | 1,495 | 2,440 | 1,013 | 1,303 | 1,071 | 1,696 | 2,420 | 1,204 | 899 |
| 2010 | 1,588 | 96 | 482 | 1,647 | 2,093 | 604 | 1,102 | 1,174 | 745 | 1,749 | -833 | 563 |
| 2011 | 625 | -39 | 473 | 1,605 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||||||
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