渣打料本港失业情况续恶化
政府公布最新失业率升至6.6%十六年高位,渣打大中华区高级经济师刘健恒表示,数字开始反映第四波疫情对劳动市场的影响,然而目前失业率水平仍低於2003年沙士爆发後的8.5%高位。
他指,虽然中国内地经济复苏步伐令人鼓舞、全球利率保持低企,及美国联储局亦维持鸽派宽松姿态,惟本港新冠肺炎疫情仍然反覆,减少社交接触和聚集的防疫措施持续实行,零售、住宿及膳食行业继续饱受打击,中小企尤其备受压力。
该行相信,本港失业率有机会再进一步恶化,本港经济只能缓慢复苏,当中很大原因亦只是受惠於与去年较低基础作对比,预测本港经济於去年全年收缩5.8%,今年则有4%增长。
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