Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) 

PRESS RELEASE                                                     Release Date: October 28, 2026       

Liquid Reserves of Financial Institutions (September 2026)

1. For the month of September 2026, liabilities subject to liquid reserve requirements totaled NT$56,473.4 billion, of which deposits totaled NT$55,638.1 billion accounting for 98.52% of the total. Based on the statutory minimum liquid reserve ratio of 10%, the required liquid reserves amounted to NT$5,647.3 billion.

2. For the month of September 2026, actual liquid reserve assets totaled NT$13,242.9 billion, representing an increase of NT$96.4 billion from the previous month. By category, the primary components were as follows (Table 1):

(1) Certificates of deposit issued by the Bank amounted to NT$5,634.5 billion accounting for 42.55% of the total, a decrease of NT$44.8 billion from the previous month.

(2) Government bonds stood at NT$2,372.2 billion accounting for 17.91% of the total, an increase of NT$2.8 billion from the previous month.

(3) Re-deposits at designated banks by financial institutions totaled NT$971.5 billion accounting for 7.34% of the total, a decrease of NT$2.2 billion from the previous month.

3. For the month of September 2026, the actual liquid reserve ratio of financial institutions was 23.45%, representing a decrease of 0.07 percentage points from the previous month (Table 2).