In order to stop speculators from profiting from a devaluation, the CBC spent over US $ 5 billion supporting the currency in the forex market, hoping to force foreign banks and exporters short of NT dollars to sell some of their US dollar holdings.
央行為了不讓意圖從中賺取價差的投機客得逞，其間陸續進入外匯市場拋售達五十億美元的外匯存底，以拉抬新台幣價位，期使短缺新台幣的外商銀行和出口商及早賣掉手中美金。