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Taiwan – real rates universally negative

June's core inflation of 2.3% isn't high in an absolute sense. But outside LNY, it is the highest since the 1990s, and, remarkably, above both the policy rate and 10-year yields. Energy inflation will ease, but with wage growth of 2.7% and rising, and equity prices strong, rates really look too low.

Taiwan – real rates universally negative