Taiwan Q4 economic growth seen restrained, full year could exceed 6%

Gross domestic product likely grew 3.8% in October-December versus a year earlier, the poll of 25 economists shows, after it rose 3.7% year-on-year in the third quarter

Taiwan's trade-reliant economy is expected to have expanded at a slightly faster pace in the fourth quarter supported by strong tech exports though unable to match the burning pace of earlier in the year, a Reuters poll showed.
 

Gross domestic product (GDP) likely grew 3.8% in October-December versus a year earlier, the poll of 25 economists shows, after it rose 3.7% year-on-year in the third quarter.

But that would still lag the 7.43% growth in the second quarter and 8.92% in the first quarter.

Policymakers have said they expect full-year 2021 growth to slightly exceed 6%, which would be the