ASIA - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - May 2018

Australia

The Australia Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for May,2018 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 1.3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.6 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 0.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 1.6 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,2018 is up 0.3 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 1.1 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 1.2 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 0.7 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 1.4 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,2018 is up 0.2 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 up 1 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 0.2 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 0.2 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 0.2 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,2018 is down 0.9 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 1.4 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.8 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 0.4 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 0.5 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,2018 is up 2.5 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 0.3 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 4.1 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 1.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 2.2 percentage points over last month.