Taiwan’s economy for a long time grew at the same pace as Korea, but is now surging ahead. Taiwan’s central role in AI-related electronics supply chains has driven a powerful post-pandemic expansion, while Korea’s more diversified and cyclically weaker export base has weighed on growth. This has created a widening gap which will have significant implications for monetary policy settings over the year ahead.
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