Consumer Pulse Wave 5

The proportion of consumers in Hong Kong who said their household incomes were negatively impacted by COVID-19 decreased to 68% from 75% in the prior survey.

Four percent of the respondents expect their household incomes will be negatively impacted in the future, versus 5% in the previous survey.

Respondents impacted by the COVID-19 crisis that lost their jobs decreased to 16%from 19% month-over-month.

Respondents impacted that had their working hours reduced during the period increased slightly to 55% from 54% last month.

A high proportion (85%) of all respondents continued to find self-credit monitoring important during the pandemic.

A significant proportion (42%) of the respondents did not know their credit scores.