CPI up by 1.2%, smallest gain in five years: DGBASBy Crystal Hsu / Staff reporterTaiwan’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.2 percent year-on-year last month, marking the 11th consecutive month below the central bank’s 2 percent alert level and the smallest annual gain in five years, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday. For the first quarter, average CPI rose 1.23 percent compared with the same period last year, the statistics agency said. Fuel costs rose 6.49 percent from February, but remained 0.33 percent below last year’s level. “Despite the US-Iran conflict, domestic fuel prices rose by only a fraction of global oil fluctuations, thanks to mechanisms such as an oil price adjustment framework,” DGBAS official Tsao Chih-hung (曹志弘) said. DGBAS said rising import prices could push CPI higher this month, though annual inflation is expected to remain below 2 percent.

Source: Taipei Times April 08, 2026 17:13 UTC