Taiwan Economy Grows at Fastest Quarterly Pace Since 1987 on AI
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Photographer: An Rong Xu/BloombergTaiwan’s economy expanded at the quickest pace for a quarter since 1987, propelled by unquenchable demand for the tech goods needed to develop AI.
Gross domestic product grew by 12.68% in the fourth quarter, according to a statement from the statistics bureau in Taipei on Friday. That trounced the median estimate of 8.75% in a Bloomberg survey of economists.