Between January and September last year, the cost of rents and services such as labor rose by as much as 6.7 %. Fortunately most imported goods fell in price thanks to the rising NT dollar and lower import duties and tariffs, with the result that average commodity prices were kept down.
去年一月至九月，房租、工資等服務類價格年增率就高達百分之六．七；幸而可由貿易進口的一般商品，因關稅、貨物稅降低而降價，並發揮壓低平均物價的功能。