Macau gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of this year grew by 9.2 percent year-on-year in real terms, 1.2 percentage points higher than the 8.0 percent rise in the previous quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said Tuesday.
Macau’s GDP
Macau’s gross domestic product grew 10.3 percent year-on-year in real terms in the first quarter of the year, according to the Statistics and Census Bureau .
The Macau economy is expected to grow at a rate of 5.2 percent in 2017 and an average rate of 5.3 percent in 2018, according to the latest report on Macau from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).The publication adds that the expected economic growth will be based on increased gaming revenues.
Macau’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 2.1 percent year on year in real terms last year, an improvement from the 21.5 percent drop in 2015, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said on Thursday.
Macau’s economy grew 7 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, followed by a 4 percent rise in the previous homologous period, the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, announced on Wednesday.