Consumer confidence reaches nine-month highStaff writer, with CNATaiwan’s consumer confidence improved this month to a nine-month high as uncertainties were eased after Taipei and Washington agreed verbally to a deal on tariffs on Jan. 15, a survey released yesterday by National Central University (NCU) showed. The CCI measures sentiment over the following six months across six factors: consumer prices, the domestic economic climate, the stock market, durable goods purchases, employment prospects and family finances. NCU Research Center for Taiwan Economic Development director Dachrahn Wu (吳大任) said the lower tariff gave a big boost to sentiment in non-tech industries, because it placed Taiwan on an equal footing with the nation’s major competitors. However, Wu said that, as part of the deal, Taiwan pledged to move some of its semiconductor supply chain to the US through large investments, and the impact of that would have to be watched. Also this month, the home-buying index jointly compiled by NCU and Taiwan Realty rose 2.32 points from a month earlier to 94.95, the university added.

Source: Taipei Times January 27, 2026 17:14 UTC