Taiwan election: 3.5% growth target is unachievable

The front runner in Taiwan’s election, Lai Ching-te, is targeting economic growth of 3.5% if he wins the presidency. We think this will be out of reach. Although productivity growth should hold up well, the rapidly worsening demographic outlook means that trend GDP growth will continue to slow.

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