Following Britain’s decision to leave the EU, Deputy Foreign Minister of Finance and National Financial Stabilization Fund Executive Secretary Su Jain-rong has advised there will be an inevitable period of short-term turbulence in the markets. Although the TAIEX fell immediately after the referendum, the fall was slight and the TAIEX is strong enough to absorb the impact, says Su. The fund will monitor developments in international markets — and the stabilizing measures adopted by the central bank and the Financial Supervisory Commission — in order to determine whether it needs to intervene and prop-up the stock market.
Su says the question of a possible Brexit has been brewing since the beginning of the year. Major global financial institutions have previously issued assessments on the shock a Brexit would cause to the global economy. As a consequence, the Bank of England and the European Central Bank already have plans in place to deal with the impact of fluctuations in currency markets.
Su also says only 1.3 percent of Taiwanese exports go to the UK, and that Japan and South Korea are much more reliant on the UK market. Capital flows in international stock markets will nevertheless have a short-term impact on the TAIEX and the foreign exchange market, added Su.
(CNA, translated by Edward Jones)
英國脫歐,財政部次長兼國安基金執行秘書蘇建榮表示,市場短期動盪難免,公投後台股雖大跌,但跌幅相對輕且承接力道強,國安基金將視國際股市發展與央行、金管會的穩定股市措施成效,決定是否進場護盤。
蘇建榮表示,英國脫歐公投議題自今年初即開始發酵,國際主要經濟研究機構,對英國脫歐造成全球經濟衝擊均已提出評估,英格蘭銀行和歐洲中央銀行並就公投結果對國際貨幣市場之波動影響備有因應計畫。
他指出,我國對英國出口僅占總出口百分之一點三,就出口重要性來說,不如日本、韓國依賴英國市場。但國際股市資金連動,短期內仍會對我國股、匯市造成影響。(中央社)
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