Academia Sinica’s GDP growth forecast is also lower than Standard Chartered Bank’s estimate of 0.7 percent, Citigroup’s 1.5 percent and BNP Paribas’ 2 percent. It is also lower than Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research’s (中經院) 1.24 percent prediction and the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 1.3 percent. <more>
By Crystal Hsu
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008, Page 12