China News Service, Beijing, March 25 (Reporter Xia Bin) The Bank of China released the first quarter of 2021 urban depositors survey report on the 25th, showing that for the next quarter, 25.2% of residents expect to "rise" and 52.0% of residents. Expectations are "basically unchanged", 10.9% of residents expect a "decline", and 11.9% of residents are "not sure".
This is the result of a questionnaire survey of 20,000 urban depositors conducted by the People's Bank of China in 50 cities across the country.
The survey showed that the income perception index for this quarter was 51.7%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points from the previous quarter; the employment expectation index for this quarter was 53.1%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from the previous quarter.
The survey also pointed out that 22.3% of residents tended to “consume more”, a decrease of 1.0 percentage point from the previous quarter; residents who tended to “save more” accounted for 49.1%, a decrease of 2.3 percentage points from the previous quarter; Residents who "invest more" accounted for 28.6%, an increase of 3.3 percentage points from the previous quarter.
When asked about the projects that plan to increase spending in the next three months, education, medical care, tourism, house purchase, and large-value commodities were among the top five choices of residents.
The entrepreneur questionnaire report for the first quarter of 2021 released on the same day showed that the entrepreneurial macroeconomic fever index was 38.9%, an increase of 4.5 percentage points from the previous quarter and an increase of 26.5 percentage points from the same period last year.
The survey results for bankers showed that the bankers’ macroeconomic heat index was 42.4%, an increase of 8.8 percentage points from the previous quarter.
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