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Component shortage could last through 2022
By Crystal Hsu
and Angelica Oung / Staff reporters
Business tycoons yesterday said that component shortages might persist through next year due mainly to lingering demand-supply imbalances and chaos in the shipping industry.
“It will take a while to resolve ongoing component shortages that have slowed product delivery,” said Rock Hsu (許勝雄), chairman of the Third Wednesday Club (三三會), whose membership is limited to the top 100 firms in each business sector.
Companies would have to exercise caution in dealing with the issue, as it might extend into next year, Hsu said.
Compal Electronics Inc chairman Rock Hsu yesterday in Taipei talks to reporters at a meeting of the Third Wednesday Club, of which he is also chairman.
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Public and private research institutes plan to raise their forecasts for the nation’s economic growth last year and this year after major economic bellwethers turned out stronger and continue to outperform, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER, 台灣經濟研究院) president Chang Chien-yi (張建一) said yesterday.
Chang shared his views on the nation’s economic outlook in a speech to the Third Wednesday Club (三三會), a local trade group that limits membership to the top 100 firms of each business sector.
The Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) is to release this month an advance report on the economy in the fourth quarter of