Taiwan

2009 growth: 44.96%
Decline from 52-week high: -28.51%

Established in 1962, the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation is located in Taipei 101. It began operating as a stock exchange on February 9 1962.

In 2009, Taiwan is likely to witness a negative GDP growth of -6.5 per cent, and this will be followed by only a very modest recovery in 2010, as both domestic and external demand are set to remain weak next year.

Consumer price inflation averaged 3.5 per cent in 2008 as high global oil and non-oil commodity prices continued to push up producer prices.