TAIPEI: Taiwan's central bank surprised markets by raising its policy rate on Thursday, and also lifted its inflation forecast for the year as inflationary pressures persist.
The central bank hiked the benchmark discount rate to 2% from 1.875%, where it has stood since last March.
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