Nevertheless, according to the DGBAS, from 1997 to the present the highest yearly increase in Taiwan's consumer price index was only 2 % (in 2005), and from 2001 to 2003, the CPI even experienced negative growth.
然而根據主計處公佈的數據，台灣消費者物價指數（CPI）年增率從 1997 年之後便持續走低，整體來說遠低於 1997 年以前的水準，其中僅 2005 年高於 2％，其餘年份皆低於 2％，2001 至 2003 年之間甚至呈現負成長。