Economics

Strong Dollar, Excess Cash Put Taiwan in a Bind: Decision Guide

  • Liquidity, global easing leave little room to raise rates
  • Policy makers to keep borrowing costs on hold, survey shows
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Taiwan’s central bank is in something of a bind.

It can’t raise interest rates without further driving up the value of its dollar, and while cutting rates should help stem the currency’s gains, it could also exacerbate a surfeit of cash, which is already driving down yields and pushing up housing prices.