In the us in particular consumer confidence continued to be high , and the manufacturing sector had expanded further in december , with the manufacturing purchasing managers index reaching the highest level since 1983 国际方面，来自主要经济体系的经济数据普遍仍继续向好其中美国的消费信心持续偏高，
Hong kong , december 12 , 2007 - - - rising oil prices , the spread of thesub - prime credit issue in international markets , and the slow down inthe us economy are all taking their toll on the confidence of the world ' s consumers 不断上升的油价和次按危机波及国际?场和美国经济出现疲态，这些因素正影响著全球消费者的消费信心。
Wages assumed a new and more important role , as the possibility of pay cuts and job insecurity increased . the decline in consumer confidence has caused private consumption expenditure to fall more than twice as fast as wages 由于预期薪酬可能下调与及市民对工作缺乏安全感，市民消费信心便受到威胁，结果私人消费的下跌幅度比减薪速度快一倍。
But it is not directly obvious why and how excesses in capital spending in it are translated with such speed into the erosion , if not the breakdown , of consumer confidence of the dimensions registered in the latest figures 但资讯科技的资本支出过剩，为何就能这样迅速地削弱消费信心，以致近期的数据出现这样大幅度的下滑？当中过程又如何？答案并不清楚。
High real interest rates , the negative wealth effect , the easing labour market and declining expectations of wage gains will all undermine consumer confidence as well as business investment , at least during the first half of 1998 实质利率高企负资产效应劳动市场放缓以及对工资增长期望下降，在在都会影响消费信心以及商业投资，这种情况最少会在一九九八年上半年持续。
Others present considerable uncertainty : for example , the extent and duration of the collapse in business and consumer confidence , and the question of how far monetary and fiscal stimulus will contain the collapse ; and the scope and economic effects of the war against terrorism , which , we have been told , will be long and unlike any other war . the effects on our regional economy are likely to be severe 不过，其他方面的影响却带来极大的不明朗因素：例如，商业及消费信心崩溃的程度及持续的时间财政与金融刺激方案在防止商业及消费信心下滑方面有多大作用的问题，以及对付恐怖主义的战争的范围及其对经济的影响据报导，这将会是一场持久战，而且有别于其他的战争。
The paper analyzes the consumption situation in china , then the authors propose a series of suggestions relating to these problems , including constructing consumption policy system , speeding up social security system , enforcing the confidence of resident , increasing the income , transferring the consumption conception and improving consumption credit 摘要本文首先对我国当前的消费形势进行了总体分析，接着针对上述问题，提出了一系列增进我国消费的政策建议，包括：构建中国的消费政策体系，加快社会保障制度建设，增强居民的消费信心，切实增加居民收入，促使消费者转变消费观念，加快推进消费信贷等。
