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		diamondfist25 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TSMC expected to announce $100B investment in U.S. Taiwanese here Taiwan Econ has stagnated for decades. Hence the top low birth rate in the world Avg salary of tw is 1.5k usd. The same as 20-30 yrs ago

echoangle 11 months ago [–]

Just not true.

Average monthly wage:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/319845/taiwan-average-mo...

2000 - 42k NTD

2023 - 58k NTD

Converted to USD:

https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/histo...

https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/histo...

2000 - 1270 USD

2023 - 1870 USD

high_na_euv 11 months ago | [–]

Only 50% increase? Thats very bad

echoangle 11 months ago | | [–]

Well now were shifting the goalpost. That's not stagnation.

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