Reuters on the Taiwan GDP data out a little earlier

  • Gross domestic product contracted a worse than expected 1.01 percent in the July-September period from a year ago, preliminary figures showed
  • That compared with a forecast of a 0.6 percent decline in a Reuters poll, and 0.52 percent growth in the second quarter
  • The economy's first contraction in six years
  • Cabinet will hold a news conference at 0200 GMT to discuss steps to boost consumption in the near term, according to a government notice.

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Another part of the slow Asian economic story