Taiwan's central bank kept its key discount rate unchanged at 2% during its March 2026 policy meeting, in line with market expectations and continuing a pause that has been in place since March 2024. Taiwan’s economy remained robust, with GDP rising 12.65% year-on-year in Q4 2025, marking the fastest growth since Q3 1987, driven by strong external demand in emerging technologies such as AI. Meanwhile, the annual inflation rate climbed to 1.75% in February 2026 from a five-year low of 0.69% in the previous month, marking its highest reading since April 2025. The significant upturn was driven in part by Lunar New Year holiday effects and rising global commodity prices amid Middle East tensions. The bank revised its 2026 annual CPI and core CPI forecasts to 1.80% and 1.75%, respectively. Nevertheless, the bank emphasized that it will closely monitor geopolitical risks, US trade policies, monetary policy moves by major economies, developments in the AI sector, and extreme weather events. source: Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
The benchmark interest rate in Taiwan was last recorded at 2 percent. Interest Rate in Taiwan averaged 1.78 percent from 2000 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 4.63 percent in December of 2000 and a record low of 1.13 percent in March of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Taiwan Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Taiwan Interest Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2026.
The benchmark interest rate in Taiwan was last recorded at 2 percent. Interest Rate in Taiwan is expected to be 1.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Taiwan Interest Rate is projected to trend around 1.25 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.