Taipei, Taiwan, 2 November 2026 – Taiwan’s central bank was reported to have temporarily lifted daily limits on exporters’ sales of US dollars, after the Taiwan dollar weakened by about 2% in October. Foreign-exchange traders said the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) told at least four lenders on Monday that exporters could sell dollars without the usual daily caps; the bank had not publicly confirmed the reported change.
The report matters to Asian companies and investors because exporter conversions can affect the supply of US dollars in Taiwan’s market and the local-currency value of overseas sales. The confirmed point is that traders reported a temporary change; its duration, scope and effectiveness remain unknown. Any effect on the Taiwan dollar is therefore a market interpretation, not a guaranteed outcome.
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