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西太平洋銀行紐西蘭分行則稱,受中東衝突影響,紐西蘭人的消費習慣和行為正日益改變。

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-- 根據西太平洋銀行紐西蘭分行週三發布的報告,受中東衝突的影響,紐西蘭民眾的消費習慣和行為正發生顯著變化。 該銀行表示,84%的受訪者表示,他們已根據衝突調整了消費行為,高於3月19日調查時的74%。 本調查由研究平台Ideally於4月30日進行,共有530名年齡介於18至80歲的受訪者參與。 超過四分之三的受訪者擔心衝突會對其財務狀況造成影響。 在已改變或正在考慮在未來六個月內改變消費行為的受訪者中,41%的人表示相信這些改變將有助於他們應對衝突對財務狀況的影響,而24%的人則表示沒有信心。 截至4月30日,減少非必要支出的受訪者比例從3月份的28%上升至43%,而減少駕車出行的受訪者比例則從先前的41%上升至51%。調查也顯示,35%的受訪者改變了購買食品雜貨的方式,高於3月的26%。 西太平洋銀行紐西蘭執行長凱瑟琳·麥格拉斯指出,自衝突爆發以來,為了抵消不斷上漲的燃油成本,西太平洋銀行的客戶減少了在服裝和餐飲等方面的刷卡消費。 截至3月底,近三分之二的西太平洋銀行房貸客戶提前還款超過三個月,略高於六個月前。客戶的還款中位數為提早10.6個月。

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