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The Lunar New Year festivities culminated on Sunday following a 10-day-long holiday. As workers resume their duties, many people voiced their aspirations for higher salaries in the face of climbing living expenses.

Opposition party members in Taiwan have expressed their disapproval and concerns over the ruling party’s decision to provide a NT＄6,000 tax rebate to those living in Taiwan. 

Since March, Taiwan’s consumer price index (CPI) exceeded 3% for five consecutive months, and in December, it was recorded to be at 2.71%. 

The Taiwanese government recently announced that citizens will receive a one-off NT＄6,000 cash payment due to a national tax revenue surplus, but public opinion remains divided on whether this would actually help locals and their businesses.  

Taiwan Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long hinted at a new round of interest rate hikes in the first quarter of 2023, after raising interest rates by another 12.5 basis points in December this year.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) estimates that Taiwan will see an excess tax revenue of NT＄450 billion this year.

As the pandemic situation stabilizes in Taiwan, restaurants and department stores are once again filled with shoppers and gourmets on weekends.

For many office workers in Taiwan, it’s getting more and more expensive to get take-outs as the daily cost of their lunches often falls between NT＄200 and NT＄300.

As the pandemic subsides in Taiwan, business is slowly resuming back to normal. 

According to a survey conducted by a local job bank, 49.1% of enterprises in Taiwan are pessimistic about the economy in 2023, while 23.5% said they are optimistic.

Global inflation, soaring interest rates, the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War, and the slowdown of China’s economy are leading factors in why Taiwan is seeing low export numbers in the 4th quarter of 2022.

The 20th Communist Party Congress produced intense media coverage last week as we tried to understand the leadership transition in the world’s second-largest economy. The process will have lasting impacts on China’s economic and foreign policies moving forward, according to TVBS commentator Wenchi Yu.

Taiwanese youth above 18 years old will likely receive NT$1,200 worth of Arts Fun vouchers as early as next year to encourage them to spend on arts and culture, according to the Ministry of Culture.

At the annual Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) convention held in Hsinchu on Wednesday (Oct. 19), TSMC Chairman Mark Liu said little on recent reports of waning demand due to the weakening global economy and trade conflicts between the U.S. and China.

Most people in Taiwan have had the experience of waiting for or running after garbage trucks after a long day of work. 

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「創造收入」這是什麼意思？如果說手法是「共享經濟 Sharing Economy」這樣是不是就比較容易懂了，舉例說，鼓勵人們把閒置的資產、用品出租出去，創造收入，家中不用的電鑽、空著的房間、上班時間空出的家中車位，甚至是你車上的空座位，你都可以出租獲利，藉由共享，人們擁有的東西又變成商品，發揮最大價值。