As a result, trade with Europe rapidly increased. Student and labor problems in Korea also led to increased business for the ROC Despite prosperity, there were problems. Dollars flowed into the country as speculators bought up NT or property in anticipation of the currency's continued rise.
加上去年新台幣雖然對美元升值，西德馬克升得更多，新台幣對歐洲貨幣相對貶值（表二），我們對歐貿易於是大幅成長；今年上半年韓國因學潮、罷工等造成的不安，使不少訂單轉來我國，因此出口始終暢旺。