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Major Indicators of Taiwan Economy

Economic Growth and National Income
Period	Economic growth rate (%)	GNP (at current prices)		National income (at current prices)	Consumer price index
Period	Economic growth rate (%)	Amount (million US$)	Per capita (US$)	Per capita (US$)	Consumer price index
1996	6.30	293,303	13,714	12,418	3.08
1997	6.59	303.127	14.048	12,707	0.89
1998	4.55	278.154	12,773	11,522	1.69
1999	5.75	301.562	13,737	12,324	0.17
2000	5.77	325.698	14,721	13.090	1.26
2001	-2.17	297.374	13.348	11,692	-0.01
2002	4.25	301.816	13.476	11,780	-0.20
2003	3.43	309.340	13,752	11,972	-0.28
I	3.37	78.272	3,484	3,069	-0.20
II	0.11	71.407	3,176	2,753	-0.11
III	4.15	77.920	3,463	2,999	-0.60
IV	5.92	81.741	3,629	3,151	-0.19
2004	6.07	333.422	14,770	12,851	1.62
I	7.63	85.879	3,809	3,359	0.51
II	9.04	78.729	3,489	3.021	1.19
III	5.51	82.783	3,666	3,175	2.89
IV	2.52	86.031	3,806	3,296	1.85
2005 p	4.03	355.426	15,690	13,646	2.30
I	2.45	92.843	4,103	3,615	1.57
II	2.89	84.839	3,747	3,238	2.11
III	4.24	87.976	3,883	3,354	3.04
IV p	6.44	89.768	3,957	3,439	2.48
2006 f	4.28	364.228	16,534	13,893	1.80
I r	4.92	93.995	4,141	3,644	1.35
II p	4.57	85.806	3,777	3,254	1.52
III f	4.39	90.056	3,960	3,401	1.66
IV f	3.31	94.371	4,416	3,594	2.68
2007 f	4.13	377.282	16,545	14,269	1.92
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan

Consumption, Savings & Capital Formation
Million NT$
Period	National consumption	Savings rate (%)	Gross fixed capital of formation
	National consumption	Savings rate (%)	At 1991 constant prices
	Annual rate of changes %	Gross national savings/GNP	Amount	Annual rate of change (%)
1996	10.22	26.51	1,759,792	1.80
1997	8.72	26.15	1,950,802	10.85
1998	7.49	25.99	2,125,181	8.94
1999	4.13	26.07	2,187,673	2.94
2000	5.05	25.67	2,384,927	9.02
2001	0.73	24.15	1,910,022	-19.91
2002	2.01	25.54	1,898,046	-0.63
2003	0.87	26.31	1,880,911	-0.90
I	0.99	23.72	383,064	0.46
II	-1.33	28.05	436,736	-9.11
III	1.33	23.72	471,591	-2.59
IV	2.36	29.77	589,520	6.77
2004	4.29	26.32	2,209,612	17.48
I	4.86	24.04	449,409	17.32
II	6.15	27.73	539,033	23.42
III	3.82	25.50	548,906	16.39
IV	3.51	28.12	672,264	14.04
2005 p	4.14	25.19	2,235,369	1.17
I	3.17	22.99	500,288	11.32
II	4.32	25.33	576,979	7.04
III	5.40	22.13	558,807	1.80
IV p	3.71	30.08	599,295	-10.85
2006 f	2.67	25.78	2,225,271	-0.45
I r	2.59	23.91	476,373	-4.78
II p	1.96	26.72	552,570	-4.23
III f	2.37	23.10	568,761	1.78
IV f	3.73	29.32	627,567	4.72
2007 f	4.03	25.88	2,267,956	1.92
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan

Foreign Trade
Million US$
Period	Foreign trade (custom statistics)			Annual rate of change (%)
Period	Exports	Imports	Balance	Exports	Imports
1996	117,581	102,922	13,572	3.74	-1.05
1997	124,170	114,955	7,656	5.60	11.69
1998	112,595	105,230	5,917	-9.32	-8.46
1999	123,733	111,196	10,901	9.89	5.67
2000	151,950	140,732	8,310	22.80	26.56
2001	126,314	107,971	15,629	-16.87	-23.28
2002	135,315	113,245	18,067	7.13	4.89
2003	150,600	128,010	16,931	11.30	13.04
2004	182,371	168,757	6,129	21.10	31.83
I	41,617	37,989	1,948	23.03	31.00
II	46,304	42,480	1,944	29.39	39.60
III	46,459	41,070	2,464	21.47	31.81
IV	47,990	46,219	-227	12.28	26.07
2005p	198,432	182,614	8,81	8.81	8.21
I r	44,851	42,792	960	7.77	12.64
II r	49,009	46,931	2,081	5.84	10.48
III r	49,775	46,213	2,566	7.14	9.85
IV p	54,796	46,678	2,521	14.18	0.99
2006 f	219,359	201,130	-	10.55	10.14
I r	50,193	46,752	-	11.91	9.25
II p	55,812	51,513	-	13.88	9.76
III f	55,817	51,186	-	12.26	10.76
IV f	57,476	51,679	-	4.89	10.71
2007 f	232,767	212,950	-	6.11	5.88
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan

Balanced of Payments, MoneySupply & Interest Rates
Million US$
Period	Balance of payments	M1B Annual rate (%)	M2 Annual rate (%)	Interest rate (% per annum)
Period	Balance of payments	M1B Annual rate (%)	M2 Annual rate (%)	Rediscount rate	Money market rate
1996 r	1,102	4.1	9.2	5.000	5.79
1997 r	-728	13.8	8.3	5.250	6.83
1998 r	4,827	2.5	8.8	4.750	6.81
1999 r	18,953	9.9	8.3	4.500	4.88
2000 r	2,477	10.6	7.0	4.625	4.91
2001 r	17,353	-1.0	5.8	2,125	3.69
2002 r	33,664	17.0	3.6	1.625	2.03
I r	6,221	14.8	4.3	2.125	2.32
II r	16,192	20.1	4.3	1.875	2.20
III r	8,982	19.1	3.0	1.875	1.87
IVr	2,269	14.3	2.7	1.625	1.72
2003r	37,092	11.8	3.8	1.375	1.05
Ir	5,901	7.4	2.6	1.625	1.26
IIr	5,821	7.4	2.6	1.375	1.12
IIIr	12,940	13.7	4.3	1.375	0.86
IVr	12,430	18.7	5.6	1.375	0.94
2004r	26,595	19.0	7.5	1.750	0.99
Ir	21,097	21.6	7.1	1.375	0.94
IIr	4,084	22.7	8.3	1.375	0.93
IIIr	-1,489	17.9	7.4	1.375	0.99
IVr	2,903	14.3	7.0	1.750	1.11
2005r	20,056	7.1	6.2	2.250	1.27
Ir	12,481	9.1	6.2	1.875	1.18
IIr	6,450	6.4	5.8	1.875	1.22
IIIr	495	7.2	6.5	2.125	1.30
IVr	630	5.8	6.4	2.250	1.38
2006I r	2,242	6.1	6.6	2.375	1.44
II p	482	5.9	6.7	2.500	1.50
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan

NT Exchange Rates & Unemployment
Period	Forex (NT dollars per foreign currency)			Unemployment rate (%)
Period	U.S. Dollar	Japanese Yen	Euro	Unemployment rate (%)
1996	27.49	0.2372	-	2.60
1997	32.64	0.2509	-	2.72
1998	32.22	0.2837	-	2.69
1999	31.40	0.3078	-	2.92
2000	32.99	0.2886	-	2.99
2001	35.00	0.2667	30.98	4.57
2002	34.75	0.2930	36.38	5.17
I	35.00	0.2643	30.54	5.14
II	33.56	0.2811	33.28	5.04
III	34.92	0.2869	34.36	5.30
IV	34.75	0.2930	36.38	5.19
2003	33.98	0.3179	42.71	4.99
I	34.75	0.2919	37.70	5.09
II	34.61	0.2892	39.59	5.00
III	33.78	0.3051	39.25	5.14
IV	33.98	0.3179	42.71	4.73
2004	31.92	0.3179	43.36	4.44
I	33.02	0.3177	40.42	4.53
II	33.78	0.3107	40.88	4.44
II	33.98	0.3063	41.87	4.59
II	31.92	0.3098	43.36	4.18
2005	32.85	0.2795	38.94	4.13
I	31.53	0.2946	40.84	4.16
II	31.62	0.2864	38.17	4.12
III	33.19	0.2929	39.91	4.27
IV	32.85	0.2795	38.94	3.96
2006I r	32.46	0.2763	39.39	3.86
II p	32.40	0.2822	41.14	3.87
Source: Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan

Forex Reserves
Period	Foreign Exchange Reserves of Central Bank of China(end of period, US$ million)
1997	83,502
1998	90,341
1999	106,200
2000	106,742
2001	122,211
2002	161,656
2003	206,632
2004	241,738
2005Jan.	242,744
February	246,628
March	251,135
April	252,460
May	253,170
June	253,615
July	253,562
August	254,086
September	253,746
October	252,006
November	251,783
December	253,290
2006Jan.	257,298
Source: Central Bank of China