Mortgage payments to rise slightly after interest rate hike: central bank

The decision by Taiwan's central bank to raise its benchmark discount rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.375 percent will increase the annual payment on a NT$7.63 million (US$270,150) mortgage by NT$19,075, Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long (楊金龍) said Thursday.

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