Taiwan's CPI growth tops 2% alert in December

Taiwan's consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.10 percent from a year earlier in December, surpassing the Central Bank's 2 percent alert for the second consecutive month due to a spike in food prices, the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said Tuesday.

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