At that time the Executive Yuan's Council for Economic Planning and Development suggested that the highest level that local business could tolerate would be 36: 1. At that point exports would begin to have problems.
根據行政院經濟建設委員會在去年十一月發表的調查報告，業者認為所能忍受的「最高限度」是三十六元對一美元，再升值則會出口困難，企業連垮。