Our guide to Hong Kong monthly data – what the numbers are, what they
mean, and our outlook going forward:
Overview and Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Gross Domestic Product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Merchandise Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Inflation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Money and Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Balance of Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Household Income & Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Interest rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Asset Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Data and Forecast Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22