Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-03-24

Taiwan’s construction sector is showing its best performance since 2014, while the

TIER director Sun Ming-der (2nd from right)

manufacturing and service sectors have both dipped from the previous month. That’s according to the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER), the nation’s leading economic think tank.

TIER’s numbers for February suggest manufacturing has dipped for the second straight month, while the service sector ended its two-month climb and fell slightly from January.

TIER director Sun Ming-der expressed concerns over the lackluster performance of both the service and the manufacturing sectors.    [FULL  STORY]