On January 8, Central Bank governor Perng Fai-nan slashed the rediscount rate from 2.0 % to 1.5 %, the sixth reduction in four months and the second largest since a 75-basis-point cut less than a month before.
1 月 8 日，央行總裁彭淮南緊急宣布降息兩碼（重貼現率從 2.0 % 降至 1.5 %），這是 4 個月內第 6 度降息，且距上次大幅降息 3 碼還不到一個月。