Consumer Price Index

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) Growth of Major Countries (%)
Year	Taiwan	Mainland China	Hong Kong	USA	Japan	Canada	Germany	France
2007/9	3.08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/8	1.60	6.50	1.60	-	-0.20	-	-	-
2007/7	-0.33	5.60	1.50	2.36	0.00	-	1.90	1.12
2007/6	0.12	4.40	1.37	2.69	-0.20	2.19	1.81	1.20
2007/5	-0.02	3.40	1.27	2.69	0.00	2.19	1.91	1.07
2007/4	0.67	3.00	1.30	2.57	0.00	2.15	1.91	1.26
2007/3	0.84	3.30	2.36	2.78	-0.10	2.32	1.92	1.19
2007/2	1.74	2.70	0.79	2.42	-0.20	2.02	1.64	1.05
2007/1	0.35	2.20	1.97	2.08	0.00	1.16	1.65	1.24
2006	0.60	1.46	2.04	3.23	0.24	2.01	1.71	1.62
2005	2.30	1.82	0.91	3.39	-0.27	2.23	1.95	1.81
2004	1.62	3.99	-0.40	2.68	-0.01	1.83	1.67	2.17
2003	-0.28	1.16	-2.54	2.27	-0.25	2.77	1.05	2.08
2002	-0.20	-0.77	-3.04	1.59	-0.92	2.25	1.31	1.92
2001	-0.01	0.46	-1.61	2.83	-0.73	2.53	2.48	1.66
2000	1.26	0.26	-3.75	3.38	-0.67	2.75	1.95	1.69
1999	0.17	-1.41	-3.96	2.19	-0.34	1.72	0.58	0.50
1998	1.69	-0.84	2.85	1.55	0.66	0.99	0.93	0.67
1997	0.89	2.81	5.78	2.34	1.73	1.62	1.90	1.20
1996	3.08	8.32	6.32	2.93	0.14	1.58	1.42	2.01
1995	3.67	16.90	9.09	2.81	-0.13	2.17	1.72	1.78
1994	4.10	24.24	8.73	2.61	0.71	0.19	2.76	1.66
1993	2.94	14.58	7.45	2.95	1.28	1.84	4.44	2.11
1992	4.47	6.34	9.33	3.03	1.73	1.51	5.07	2.37
1991	3.62	3.54	11.60	4.23	3.24	5.62	1.69	3.22
1990	4.12	3.06	10.20	5.40	3.06	4.76	2.70	3.38
1989	4.42	18.33	10.30	4.83	2.28	5.00	2.78	3.50
1988	1.28	18.74	7.80	4.01	0.67	4.02	1.27	2.70
1987	0.51	7.22	5.70	3.74	0.13	4.36	0.24	3.29
1986	0.70	-	3.80	1.86	0.62	4.17	-0.13	2.54
1985	-0.16	-	3.50	3.56	2.02	3.95	2.18	5.83
1984	-0.03	-	8.60	4.32	2.27	4.34	2.41	7.67
1983	1.35	-	10.00	3.21	1.88	5.82	3.28	9.46
1982	2.97	-	10.90	6.16	2.74	10.80	5.27	11.98
1981	16.32	-	-	10.32	4.91	12.46	6.33	13.33
1980	19.01	-	-	13.51	7.78	10.18	5.42	13.54
1979	9.76	-	-	11.27	3.73	9.14	4.12	10.65

Year	U.K.	Italy	Netherlands	Belgium	Switzerland	Sweden	Australia	New Zealand
2007/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/7	3.83	1.61	3.31	1.37	0.73	1.86	-	-
2007/6	4.43	1.69	1.80	1.29	0.63	1.85	2.07	2.00
2007/5	4.30	1.54	1.79	1.28	0.48	1.66	2.07	2.00
2007/4	4.53	1.55	1.79	1.78	0.46	1.93	2.07	2.00
2007/3	4.82	1.71	1.80	1.82	0.17	1.92	2.44	2.54
2007/2	4.58	1.79	1.41	1.77	-0.01	1.98	2.44	2.54
2007/1	4.24	1.71	1.42	1.66	0.10	1.94	2.44	2.54
2006	3.19	2.09	1.14	1.79	1.06	1.36	3.54	3.36
2005	2.83	1.99	1.70	2.78	1.17	0.45	2.67	3.04
2004	2.96	2.21	1.24	2.09	0.80	0.37	2.34	2.29
2003	2.91	2.67	2.10	1.59	0.64	1.93	2.77	1.75
2002	1.63	2.47	3.49	1.64	0.64	2.17	3.00	2.68
2001	1.82	2.79	4.53	2.47	0.99	2.42	4.38	2.63
2000	2.93	2.54	2.52	2.54	1.54	0.89	4.48	2.62
1999	1.56	1.66	2.21	1.12	0.82	0.47	1.47	-0.12
1998	3.42	1.96	1.98	0.95	0.02	-0.27	0.85	1.29
1997	3.13	2.04	2.16	1.63	0.52	0.66	0.25	1.17
1996	2.45	3.97	2.02	2.06	0.82	0.55	2.61	2.30
1995	3.41	5.24	1.92	1.47	1.80	2.45	4.64	3.74
1994	2.48	4.03	2.80	2.38	0.86	2.13	1.89	2.40
1993	1.56	4.48	2.58	2.75	3.27	4.73	1.81	1.42
1992	3.73	5.08	3.18	2.43	4.04	2.38	0.99	1.03
1991	5.85	6.30	3.13	3.21	5.88	9.44	3.22	1.67
1990	9.48	6.50	2.45	3.45	5.38	10.38	7.27	5.51
1989	7.80	6.22	1.08	3.11	3.16	6.44	7.56	7.49
1988	4.91	5.11	0.75	1.16	1.88	5.83	7.23	6.38
1987	4.15	4.73	-0.71	1.55	1.45	4.18	8.49	15.74
1986	3.43	5.80	0.10	1.30	0.74	4.24	9.08	13.22
1985	6.07	9.21	2.22	4.87	3.43	7.36	6.74	15.39
1984	4.95	10.85	3.27	6.35	2.91	8.06	3.95	6.20
1983	4.61	14.63	2.82	7.66	2.97	8.87	10.11	7.36
1982	8.59	16.38	5.86	8.73	5.66	8.57	11.15	16.17
1981	11.88	17.79	6.75	7.63	6.49	12.12	9.69	15.35
1980	17.97	21.28	6.54	6.65	4.02	13.70	10.13	17.09
1979	13.47	14.63	4.21	4.47	3.65	7.21	9.09	13.70

Year	Korea	Singapore	Thailand	Indonesia	Philippines	Malaysia	Vietnam	Cambodia
2007/9	-	-	1.73	-	2.59	-	-	-
2007/8	-	-	1.73	-	2.59	-	-	-
2007/7	-	-	1.73	-	2.59	-	-	-
2007/6	2.55	1.29	1.91	-	2.32	1.45	-	5.78
2007/5	2.35	1.09	1.91	6.01	2.41	1.45	7.31	4.06
2007/4	2.45	0.59	1.84	6.29	2.34	1.55	7.17	4.02
2007/3	2.16	0.79	2.04	6.52	2.19	1.55	6.80	3.46
2007/2	2.17	0.59	2.32	6.30	2.64	3.14	6.50	2.89
2007/1	1.68	0.20	3.05	6.19	3.86	3.24	6.46	2.55
2006	2.24	0.96	4.64	13.11	6.24	3.61	7.69	4.71
2005	2.75	0.47	4.54	10.45	7.63	2.96	8.25	5.65
2004	3.61	1.66	2.77	6.24	5.98	1.45	7.80	3.94
2003	3.55	0.51	1.80	6.59	3.45	1.06	3.10	1.21
2002	2.69	-0.39	0.62	11.88	3.00	1.81	3.83	3.21
2001	4.10	1.00	1.64	11.50	6.80	1.42	-0.43	-0.60
2000	2.25	1.36	1.55	3.72	4.36	1.53	-1.71	-0.79
1999	0.82	0.02	0.31	20.49	6.71	2.74	4.12	4.01
1998	7.54	-0.27	8.08	58.39	9.72	5.27	7.27	14.81
1997	4.40	2.00	5.58	6.23	5.85	2.66	3.21	3.17
1996	4.98	1.38	5.87	7.97	9.03	3.49	5.68	10.07
1995	4.44	1.72	5.80	9.43	8.01	3.45	-	1.06
1994	6.20	3.10	5.04	8.52	8.36	3.72	-	-
1993	4.80	2.29	3.37	9.68	6.88	3.54	-	-
1992	6.31	2.26	4.07	7.53	8.59	4.77	-	-
1991	9.30	3.43	5.73	9.41	18.49	4.36	-	-
1990	8.58	3.46	5.95	7.81	13.20	2.62	-	-
1989	5.70	2.35	5.36	6.42	11.37	2.81	-	-
1988	7.15	1.52	3.80	8.04	12.23	2.56	-	-
1987	3.05	0.52	2.50	9.28	3.04	0.29	-	-
1986	2.75	-1.39	1.84	5.83	-0.32	0.74	-	-
1985	2.46	0.48	2.43	4.73	23.22	0.35	-	-
1984	2.31	2.60	0.86	10.46	46.67	3.90	-	-
1983	3.42	1.20	3.73	11.79	5.25	3.70	-	-
1982	7.19	3.92	5.26	9.48	8.98	5.82	-	-
1981	21.34	8.18	12.66	12.24	13.08	9.70	-	-
1980	28.70	8.53	19.70	18.02	18.20	6.67	-	-
1979	18.26	4.08	9.90	16.26	17.53	3.65	-	-

Year	Laos	Myanmar	Mexico	Panama	South Africa	Argentina	Brazil	Chile
2007/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/7	3.53	-	-	-	-	8.64	-	-
2007/6	3.49	-	3.98	-	-	8.77	3.69	3.23
2007/5	3.42	-	3.95	3.39	6.94	8.82	3.18	2.87
2007/4	3.56	-	3.99	2.73	6.98	8.87	3.00	2.49
2007/3	4.66	-	4.20	3.24	6.10	9.11	2.96	2.55
2007/2	4.94	-	4.11	2.77	5.75	9.59	3.02	2.72
2007/1	5.50	-	3.98	2.29	5.98	9.70	2.99	2.79
2006	6.80	-	3.63	2.10	4.64	6.59	4.18	3.39
2005	7.17	9.37	3.99	3.26	3.40	9.64	6.87	3.05
2004	10.46	4.53	4.69	0.40	1.39	4.42	6.60	1.05
2003	15.49	36.59	4.55	0.10	5.86	13.44	14.71	2.81
2002	10.63	57.07	5.03	1.01	9.16	25.87	8.45	2.49
2001	7.81	21.10	6.36	0.31	5.70	-1.07	6.84	3.57
2000	25.09	-0.11	9.50	1.50	5.34	-0.94	7.04	3.84
1999	128.42	18.40	16.59	1.25	5.23	-1.17	4.86	3.34
1998	90.98	51.49	15.93	0.56	6.88	0.92	3.20	5.11
1997	27.51	29.70	20.63	1.32	8.60	0.53	6.93	6.14
1996	13.02	16.28	34.38	1.26	7.35	0.16	15.76	7.36
1995	19.59	25.19	35.00	0.99	8.68	3.38	66.01	8.24
1994	6.78	24.10	6.97	1.27	8.94	4.18	2075.89	11.44
1993	6.27	31.83	9.75	0.45	9.74	10.61	1927.98	12.73
1992	9.86	21.91	15.51	1.82	13.86	24.90	951.65	15.43
1991	13.44	32.27	22.66	1.26	15.43	171.67	432.79	21.78
1990	35.64	17.63	26.65	0.77	14.26	2313.96	2947.73	26.03
1989	61.33	27.20	20.01	0.12	14.71	3079.81	1430.72	17.03
1988	-	16.04	114.16	0.36	12.82	342.96	629.12	14.68
1987	-	24.76	131.83	1.00	17.05	131.33	228.34	19.89
1986	-	9.33	86.23	-0.07	17.63	90.10	147.14	20.61
1985	-	6.81	57.75	1.03	16.23	672.18	225.99	29.46
1984	-	4.85	65.54	1.58	11.66	626.72	192.12	19.86
1983	-	5.65	101.76	2.10	12.31	343.81	135.03	27.27
1982	-	5.30	58.92	4.25	14.70	164.78	100.54	9.94
1981	-	0.32	27.93	7.30	15.21	104.48	101.73	19.69
1980	-	0.61	26.36	13.81	13.78	100.76	-	35.14
1979	-	5.67	18.17	7.99	13.10	159.51	-	33.36

Source: IMF International Financial Statistics (IFS); the 3rd Office, Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS), Executive Yuan; the National Bureau of Statistics of China (PRC); the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong; U.S. Department of Labor; Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan

(Updated October 2007)

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Consumer Price Index

Department of Investment Services, MOEA