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China bankcard holders' consumption confidence lower in Q2
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-09 11:55 An index issued by the China UnionPay and Xinhua News Agency Thursday showed China bankcard holders' consumption confidence dipped in the second quarter. The index, Xinhua-UnionPay Bankcard Consumer Confidence Index (BCCI), was 85.58, slightly down from 86.95 in the first quarter or 86.59 in the second quarter of last year, but higher than 85.31 in the third quarter in 2008 when the global financial crisis gripped the world.
Money spent by bankcard holders on real estate rose by 100 percent in the second quarter from the first quarter and the number of deals went up by 63 percent. The China Unionpay, a national bank card association, and Xinhua News Agency joined hands to issue the first Xinhua-UnionPay BCCI index in April this year. The index said the BCCI was 83.62 in the first quarter of 2008, 86.59 in the second quarter, 85.31 in the third quarter, 86.88 in the fourth quarter and 86.95 in the first quarter of 2009. Usually the more consumers spend on non-necessities, excluding foods, clothes, everyday goods and others, the more they are confident of economy. The Xinhua-UnionPay BCCI index focuses on consumers' spending on non-necessities. (For more biz stories, please visit Industries)
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