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Taiwan's Inflation Holds Above 2% for a Third Month as Producer Prices Keep Accelerating
- ▸Taiwan's Consumer Price Index rose 2.54% year-on-year in July 2026 (up 0.31% from June), the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) reported August 6 — the third straight month above the 2% level, following 2.20% in May and 2.60% in June.
- ▸Producer prices rose 16.94% year-on-year in July, the largest increase in four and a half years, according to the same DGBAS release.
- ▸Import prices (USD basis) rose 16.64% year-on-year while export prices rose 19.71%, both continuing a run of unusually large increases even as headline consumer inflation ticked down slightly from June's 2.60%.
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Primary Sources
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)The Price Indices for July 20262026-08-06
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)The Price Indices for June 20262026-07-07
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)The Price Indices for May 20262026-06-05
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EconoLens Editorial Team. (2026, August 11). Taiwan's Inflation Holds Above 2% for a Third Month as Producer Prices Keep Accelerating. EconoLens. https://www.econolens.co.in/news/taiwan-cpi-2-54-percent-july-2026-third-month-above-alert-line
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