Two government institutions provided different assessments on the impact of upcoming electricity price rises on Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) growth this year, with the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics (DGBAS) forecasting an additional increase of 0.18 percentage points.
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