{"id":777002451,"date":"2023-02-15T13:15:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002451"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:37:11","slug":"macau-economic-prosperity-index-to-be-stable-by-q2-analysts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-economic-prosperity-index-to-be-stable-by-q2-analysts-say","title":{"rendered":"Macau economic prosperity index to be &#8220;stable&#8221; by Q2, analysts say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Macau Economic Association sees signs of a rapid economic recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>The Macau Economic Association<\/strong> has believes Macau&#8217;s economy has passed the downturn and that the economic prosperity index will return to a &#8220;stable&#8221; level in the second quarter. Analysts noted that it has risen from 2.2 to 3.4 in January, indicating a rapid economic recovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is expected to rise to 3.6-3.9 in the next three months, which would remain &#8220;unsatisfactory&#8221; but return to &#8220;stable&#8221; levels within the second quarter. According to Macau Business, the association pointed out that the M2 money supply, a key indicator of Macau&#8217;s economic prosperity index, increased by 4.4 per cent year-on-year, reversing a downward trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-package-tours-from-mainland-china-to-resume\" target=\"_blank\">mainland China reopened its borders<\/a>&nbsp;with Macau earlier this year, tourist arrivals increased, driving the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-ggr-up-232-6-in-january\" target=\"_blank\">growth in gross gaming revenue<\/a>, the report notes. However, the association emphasised that there are still uncertainties and risks in the external environment, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine war and rising inflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macau Economic Association sees signs of a rapid economic recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Macau Economic Association projects a rapid economic recovery for Macau, with its prosperity index expected to stabilize in Q2, rising from 2.2 to 3.4 in January. This recovery is primarily driven by mainland China's border reopening, which has significantly boosted tourist arrivals and Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR), despite persistent external geopolitical and inflationary risks.","focusai_entities":"Macau Economic Association","focusai_location":"Macau, China, Russia, Ukraine","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau Policy Adjustments?","query":"What specific policy adjustments or infrastructure developments are anticipated from the Macau government to sustain this economic momentum beyond Q2?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy Recalibration?","query":"How are Macau's integrated resort operators recalibrating their capital expenditure and marketing budgets in response to these revised GGR projections and tourist arrival trends?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[23906],"class_list":["post-777002451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777002451"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002462,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002451\/revisions\/777002462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}