[Finance] Consumption and Traditional Industries Exceed Expectations, Yeh Chun-hsien: "Certainly Possible" for Economic Growth Rate to Exceed 10% This Year
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National Development Council Minister Yeh Chun-hsien stated today (17th) in a media interview that Taiwan's economic growth momentum this year is not only driven by the booming exports from the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, but also by private consumption and traditional industries performing better than expected. With the support of multiple positive factors, there is "certainly a chance" for the economic growth rate to exceed 10% this year. #Listen to reporter Yang Wen-chun's report#
The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) recently revised this year's economic growth rate upwards to 9.64%. External attention is focused on whether there is an opportunity to further challenge double-digit growth. In response, Yeh Chun-hsien said in an interview this afternoon, "10% is certainly possible."
Yeh Chun-hsien analyzed that the AI wave will not be limited to data centers and cloud computing fields. Its development speed is faster than initially expected by the market and has gradually expanded to terminal applications, including personal computers (PC), laptops, and mobile phones. As applications such as self-driving cars and robots mature in the future, the demand for high-performance computing and chips will further increase, continuously boosting Taiwan's industrial growth momentum.
In addition to the technology industry, Yeh Chun-hsien stated that the economic climate of traditional industries has also shown signs of improvement recently. Benefiting from the retroactive effect of the US's non-semiconductor Section 232 tariff preferential measures, which took effect from May 1st this year, some automotive parts, aerospace, and traditional manufacturing industries have received orders better than initially expected, and they also have advantages compared to competitors. He said: "(Original sound) At least compared to competing countries, there is a relative advantage, especially for some parts. The biggest competitors are likely China's low-price dumping. China's products may not necessarily be able to go to the US, but some transfer orders may come over. Traditional industry operators also feel that the situation is not worse than before, and it is slowly improving."
Regarding the recent upward trend in inflation, Yeh Chun-hsien stated that international oil prices have begun to fall recently. If the situation in the Middle East gradually cools down, inflationary pressures are expected to ease. However, he also believes that with the economy maintaining high growth, a moderate increase in prices is actually a normal phenomenon, and society should gradually adapt to the environment of moderate inflation accompanied by economic growth. (Editor: Song Wan-yuan)
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