Taiwan places eighth in global IMD rankings

Taiwan moved up three spots from last year to place eighth, its best performance since 2013, in the latest annual world competitiveness rankings, released yesterday by the International Institute for ... ( read original story ...)

Central bank lifts GDP forecast to 5%

The central bank yesterday kept its policy rates in place, while raising its forecast for GDP growth this year from 4.53 percent to 5.08 percent, saying that this month’s COVID-19 outbreak has had ... ( read original story ...)

Rapid testers

New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, center, listens to a TaiDoc Technology Corp employee during a visit to the company’s production lines of COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits at the New Taipei Industrial ... ( read original story ...)

Scheme to improve stock liquidity starts soon

A new market-making mechanism is to start on June 30 to improve the market liquidity of 140 stocks listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE) and the Taipei Exchange, the Financial Supervisory ... ( read original story ...)