Taiwan’s forex reserves hit 2nd highest at end-2025Staff writer, with CNATaiwan’s foreign exchange reserves rose US$2.76 billion from a month earlier to hit US$602.55 billion at the end of last month, second only to US$602.94 billion recorded at the end of September, the central bank said yesterday. Photo: Cho Seong-joon, BloombergIn May and June, the central bank bought the greenback to cap the appreciation of the NT dollar, giving a boost to the country’s forex reserves. In recent trading sessions, foreign institutional investors did not remit large funds out of or into the local market, Tsai said. These holdings were the equivalent of 191 percent of Taiwan’s total forex reserves last month, up from 182 percent in November after the benchmark TAIEX rose 4.84 percent. The central bank yesterday disclosed that it bought US$1.287 billion more US dollars than it sold in the third quarter of last year.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2026 17:19 UTC