UOB’s Ho Woei Chen highlights Taiwan’s robust 1Q26 Gross Home Product (GDP) efficiency, pushed by exports and bettering home demand, and expects full-year 2026 progress to exceed 9%. Chen notes moderating however nonetheless manageable inflation, a barely increased 2026 Client Worth Index (CPI) forecast, and a secure 2.00% coverage charge path, implying restricted near-term modifications for the Taiwan Greenback (TWD) and native charges.
Strong progress with secure coverage outlook
“Trying forward, demand related to rising know-how functions ought to proceed to assist robust manufacturing efficiency and funding progress, although the excessive base impact will start to average the headline progress charges.”
“Given 1Q26 progress at 13.69% y/y, Taiwan’s GDP is prone to beat 2025’s full-year efficiency of 8.68%. Thus, we anticipate to elevate our forecast for Taiwan’s 2026 GDP progress above 9% from earlier 7.7%.”
“Contemplating the elevated dangers, we elevate our forecast for 2026 headline inflation marginally increased to 2.0% from 1.9%, implying inflation is prone to common round 2.3% for the rest of the yr following the subdued 1.2% studying in 1Q26.”
“The energy of the financial system affords the CBC some coverage flexibility ought to inflation pressures intensify greater than anticipated.”
“For now, we anticipate CBC to keep up its coverage charge at 2% all through this yr.”
(This text was created with the assistance of an Synthetic Intelligence instrument and reviewed by an editor.)
