China News Service, Beijing, October 8 (Reporter Zheng Qiao) The third quarter of 2021, the cross-strait, Hong Kong and Macau consumer confidence index was released in Beijing on the 8th. The mainland (Mainland) consumer confidence index was 106.4, ranking first; Hong Kong ranked first. At the end, it was 61.9; Macau and Taiwan were 82.4 and 94.7 respectively.
Compared with the second quarter of 2021, the mainland (Mainland) and Hong Kong consumer confidence indexes fell by 1.1 and 3.8 respectively, while Macau and Taiwan rose by 14.3 and 0.8 respectively.
The consumer confidence index is the subjective evaluation and psychological expectation of consumers after comprehensive judgments on all aspects of the economic situation.
The value is between 0 and 200. A value lower than 100 indicates that the respondent is "not confident", and a value higher than 100 indicates "confidence".
The index includes six sub-indexes of economic development, employment, prices, living, house purchase and investment.
The survey shows that the general index of consumer confidence in the mainland (Mainland) is in an optimistic range and is generally stable.
From the perspective of various sub-indices, economic development, employment and life confidence continue to remain in the optimistic range.
Among them, the price confidence rebounded significantly year-on-year, and the overall confidence in economic development, employment, investment, house purchase, and life remained stable.
In Hong Kong, among the six sub-indices, except for price confidence, the other five sub-indices all declined.
Among them, the consumer confidence index for buying a house is only 50, showing that the people have the least confidence in buying a house.
In Macau, all sub-indices have risen from the previous quarter, but they are still in the “lack of confidence” range.
Among them, the economic development sub-index increased the most, up 26.8 from the previous quarter.
A survey conducted by Taiwan shows that the people have the most confidence in investment, and the most worrying thing is still the price level.
The survey and compilation of the Consumer Confidence Index was jointly completed by Capital University of Economics and Business, City University of Hong Kong, Macau University of Science and Technology and Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan.
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