TAIPEI: Orders for Taiwan's exports unexpectedly shrank 6.6% in March from a year earlier, contracting for the second straight month, pointing to faltering global demand for hi-tech products and signalling the trade-reliant economy may be losing momentum.
Most economists polled by Reuters had expected orders to rise by an annual 2.15% in March. Only one forecast a contraction. - Reuters
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