ASIA - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - May 2017

Australia

The Australia Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for May,2017 is up 0.5 percentage points over last month.

The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 1 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 0.2 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 0.6 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 0.6 percentage points over last month.

China

The China Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for May,2017 is up 4 percentage points over last month.

The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 2.2 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 2.6 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 6.4 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 6.5 percentage points over last month.

India

The India Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for May,2017 is down 1.2 percentage points over last month.

The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 0.8 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.2 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 1.9 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 1.5 percentage points over last month.

Japan

The Japan Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for May,2017 is up 3 percentage points over last month.

The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 4.3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 1.9 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 2.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 3.9 percentage points over last month.

South Korea

The South Korea Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for May,2017 is down 0.1 percentage points over last month.

The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 2.7 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.5 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 1.6 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 0.7 percentage points over last month.