Financial Conditions (November 2020)

Monetary Aggregates   For the month of November 2020, the monthly growth rates of the monetary aggregates M1B and M2 (measured on a daily average basis) were 1.70% and 1.14%, respectively, both higher than those of the previous month. The annual growth rates of M1B and M2 increased to 14.30% and 7.60%, respectively, mainly because of net capital inflows and faster growth in bank loans and investments. For the first eleven months of this year, the average annual growth rates of M1B and M2 were 9.79% and 5.60%, respectively.

Direct and Indirect Finance   At the end of November 2020, the monthly growth rate of total outstanding loans and investments (measured on a cost basis) of monetary financial institutions was 0.49%, higher than that at the end of the previous month. Meanwhile, the annual growth rate increased from 6.75% at the end of the previous month to 6.77% mainly because bank claims on the government resumed positive growth.  If (1) loans and investments extended by life insurance companies, (2) non-accrual loans reclassified and bad loans written off by monetary financial institutions, and (3) funds raised directly from capital markets were all taken into account, the total outstanding amount of funds raised by the non-financial sector would show an annual growth rate of 5.83%, lower than the 5.85% registered at the end of the previous month.

Notes: 1. The next Financial Conditions (December 2020) is scheduled for release at 16:20 on January 25, 2021.

            2. For the release schedule for the coming months, please check the CBC website at

            https://www.cbc.gov.tw/en/cp-515-102276-849a0-2.html.