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FINANCIAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			More Information
		Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data
Analytical Accounts of the Banking Sector
Monetary Aggregate M2 (averages of daily figures)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	27,083.1	26,696.8	CBCms
Loans and investments (end of month)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	21,319.4	21,345.0	CBCl&i
Claims on public sector (end of month)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	3,900.1	3,866.3	CBCl&i
Claims on private sector (end of month)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	17,419.3	17,478.7	CBCl&i
External Position (net, end of month)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	10,203.0	9,968.9
Analytical Accounts of the Central Bank
Reserve money (averages of daily figures)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	2,074.1	2,163.4	CBCrm
Claims on public sector (end of month) 1/	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	0.3	0.3
Claims on private sector (end of month) 2/	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	300.1	326.7
Gross foreign assets (end of month)	Billion NTD	Oct. 08	9,256.2	9,226.9
Interest Rates
Discount rate (end of month)	% per annum	Oct. 08	3.000	3.500	CBCir
1-year deposit rates	% per annum	Oct. 08	2.50	2.70	CBCir
Base lending rates	% per annum	Oct. 08	4.443	4.438	CBCir
Overnight interest rates	% per annum	Oct. 08	1.926	2.092	CBCir
10-year government bond rates	% per annum	Oct. 08	2.05	2.09	CBCir
Stock Market
Stock price index (TAIEX, 1966=100)					TSE
EXTERNAL SECTOR
SDDS Data Category and Component	Unit Description	Observations			More Information
		Date of Latest Data	Latest Data	Previous Data
Balance of Payments
Imports of goods and services	Million USD	Q3 08	77,122	73,393	CBC07
Exports of goods and services	Million USD	Q3 08	78,099	79,412	CBC07
Net income receipts	Million USD	Q3 08	1,698	1,643	CBC07
Net receipts from current transfers	Million USD	Q3 08	-666	-703	CBC07
International reserves 3/ (change in reserve assets)	Million USD	Q3 08	-2,598	4,598	CBC07
Financial transactions 4/	Million USD	Q3 08	-6,643	993	CBC07
International Reserves
Foreign exchange reserves (end of month)	Million USD	Oct. 08	278,152	281,130	CBCres
Merchandise Trade
Total exports	Million USD				MOF
Total imports	Million USD				MOF
International Investment Position
International investment position	Million USD	Dec. 05	380,047	367,164	CBC8
Exchange Rates
Exchange rates (end of month)	USD/NTD	Nov. 08	33.295	33.000	CBC2
External Debt
External Debt	Million USD	June  08	109,565	104,378

1. Include loans & advances to government, and holdings of securities of government agencies and government enterprise.
2.  Include holdings of securities of private enterprise and the data of claims on financial institutions.
3. Numbers without a minus sign refer to an increase in reserve assets; numbers with a minus sign refer to a reduction in reserve assets.
4. Numbers without a minus sign refer to net capital inflows; numbers with a minus sign refer to net capital outflows.