A total of 2,542 building units and parking spaces were purchased and sold in the third quarter as per stamp duty records, a decrease of 3.6 per cent quarter-to-quarter.
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Macao’s population at the end of the third quarter was down by 2,600 quarter-to-quarter to 682,800, due to a drop in the number of non-resident workers living here.
Some 212,000 guests checked into Macao’s 177 hotels and guesthouses in September, a year-on-year drop of 81%.
The Macao government insisted today that the special administrative region is not being affected by deflation.
Macao’s number of visitor arrivals surged by 97.7% month-to-month to 449,085 in September.
Macao’s overall residential property price index for June-August dipped by 0.3% over the previous survey period (May-July) to 268.0.
Macao’s composite consumer price index (CPI) in September dropped by 0.40% year-on-year, the first decrease since December 2009.
Macao’s overall residential property price index for June-August decreased by 0.3% over the previous survey period (May-July) to 268.0.
Macao’s imports of food and beverages fell by 26.2% year-on-year to MOP 6.68 billion (US$835 million) in the first eight months of the year.