It isn't that inflation doesn't exist in Taiwan; it's more that its influence has been masked by the rising NT dollar and the lowering of import duties, he explained. Andrew Tsuei says, in the long term, the rising of prices is a good and necessary factor in the development of the economy.
況且，這二年來，我國的貨幣供給增加率一直是正常值的二倍，早有學者說台灣錢太多了，會通貨膨脹。「通貨膨脹不是沒有來臨，只是被新台幣升值及關稅降低使物價下跌的力量抵消了」，石齊平肯定地說。