Central bank expected to continue increasing its key interest rates.

By bne IntelliNews July 1, 2011
Taiwan's central bank is expected to continue increasing its key interest rates in order to conrol inflation. As reported by Asia Pulse, Liang Kuo-yuan, president of the Polaris Research Institute, stated that the central bank is expected to increase the rate by 0.125% points recording 1.875% at the quarterly policy making meeting on June 30 this year. The central bank has increased its interest rate by 0.125% points four times since the end of June last year. The consumer price index (CPI) increased 1.66% y/y in May.

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