December last year's economic sentiment index was 83.1...The worst in more than four years.

The economic sentiment index fell significantly last month from the previous month due to the impeachment phase triggered by the emergency martial law and the plane disaster.

In fact, the economic sentiment index in December last year was 83.1, down 9.6p from the previous month.

The figure was the lowest since September 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit 77.4 and the biggest drop since March of the same year, 21.2p.

However, this year's growth figures may change in the revised economic outlook to be released on the 25th of next month.

The central bank said whether the February forecast figure will be higher or lower than January will be greatly affected by the timing of the resolution of our political uncertainty, the government's additional stimulus measures and the economic development of the new U.S. government.