But by the end of last year the rate had shattered the 36: 1 barrier; by April it was 33: 1 and 31: 1 by July. And still, as Vice-Chairman Yeh Wan-an of the CEPD frankly pointed out, "I have not yet seen any obvious situation of bankruptcy."
就在廠商的驚呼、政府官員的憂慮聲中，新台幣一路猛漲，去年底衝破三十六元大關，今年四月達三十三元，至七月底已屆三十一元兌一美元；但「沒有看到明顯的倒閉情形」，經建會副主任委員葉萬安坦白表示。