I-Acosta, umthengisi odibeneyo wehlabathi jikelele kunye nomboneleli weenkonzo zentengiso kumzi-mveliso wempahla yabathengi (CPG), namhlanje ukhuphe ingxelo yakhe yamva nje yophando, I-Lingering Impact ye-COVID-19 kubathengi base-US. Ingxelo ivavanya ukuziphatha kwabathengi baseMelika phantse iminyaka emibini kulo bhubhani. Ngokophando luka-Acosta, uninzi lwabathengi banamhlanje (i-68%) ngoku bathenga kwi-intanethi kwiigrosari, ubuncinci ngamaxesha athile, njengoko ubhubhane kunye nembono yezoqoqosho iqhubeka nokuvela.
“Ayothusi into yokuba iindlela zokuthenga eziphuhliswe ekuqaleni kobhubhane zisekhona nanamhla, ngakumbi kuba iinkxalabo ezijikeleze i-COVID-19 zihlala ziphezulu kubathengi abaninzi,” utshilo uColin Stewart, uSekela Mongameli oLawulayo, ubuNgcali boShishino e-Acosta. Ngapha koko, uphando luka-Acosta lubonisa amanqanaba enkxalabo anxulumene nobhubhane phakathi kwabathengi ngoJanuwari ka-2022 ayengaphantsi kancinci kunalawo avavanywe ngabathengi malunga nonyaka odlulileyo. Amaxhala aqhubekayo ngokhuseleko kunye nemali adityaniswa kukunqongophala kwemveliso kunye nokunyuka kwamaxabiso egrosari okubangelwa yimingeni yokubonelela. Ngelixa sijongene nokungaqiniseki okuqhubekayo kwemarike, abathengi banokubambelela - kwaye banokunyuka - iindlela zokuthenga ezithathwe kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo. "
Uphando luka-Acosta lubonelela ngengqiqo enzulu kwimpembelelo eqhubekayo ye-COVID-19 kwiindlela zokuziphatha zabathengi base-US kunye neenkxalabo.
IiNgxaki ze-COVID-19
• Amanqanaba enkxalabo yobhubhane ahlala ephezulu kubathengi banamhlanje. Umyinge wenqanaba lenkxalabo yabathengi abaphononongwa ngoJanuwari 2022 yayiyi-6.6 kwisikali se-1-10 (i-1 ayinaxhala kwaphela kwaye i-10 ixhalabile kakhulu), inyuke nge-.7 amanqaku ukusuka ngoDisemba 2021
o Amashumi amane anesithandathu eepesenti kubathengi abaphononongwa ngo-2022 balinganise inqanaba labo le-COVID-19 njenge "lixhalabile kakhulu."
o Amashumi amabini anesine eepesenti kubathengi abaphononongwa ngo-2022 balinganise inqanaba labo le-COVID-19 "njengelixhalabileyo kakhulu."
• Phantse i-33% yamakhaya akwindawo embi ngokwezimali ngo-2022 kunokuba yayinjalo ngaphambi kobhubhane.
Imikhwa yokuThenga kunye nokuQwalasela
• Iindlela zokuziphatha zokuthenga eziphuhliswe ngexesha lo bhubhani zisekho kubathengi abaninzi namhlanje, ngama-68% ngoku kuthengwa ukutya okutyayo kwi-intanethi ubuncinci bexesha elithile, xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezingama-40 zabathengi abavavanywe phakathi kukaDisemba 30, 2020 noJanuwari 4, 2021.
o Amashumi asixhenxe anesihlanu epesenti yabathengi abaphononongwa ngo-2022 bayaqhubeka nokunxiba izigqubuthelo zobuso ngelixa bethenga, nokuba kungafunwa.
o Amashumi amathathu ananye epesenti yabathengi abaphononongwa ngo-2022 bayaqhubeka nokubeka ezinye iimveliso, ngakumbi iimveliso zephepha, iimpahla ezinkonkxiweyo kunye nenyama.
o Iipesenti ezingamashumi amabini anesibini zabathengi abaphononongwa ngo-2022 bayaqhubeka nokusebenzisa iinkonzo zokubhalisa kwi-intanethi.
• Abathengi banamhlanje nabo bayaqhuba ukuva iimpembelelo zokunqongophala kweemveliso (60%) kunye namaxabiso aphezulu egrosari, ingakumbi inyama kunye nezinto zobisi (94%).
Imikhwa yokutyela kunye nokuQwalasela
• Amashumi amahlanu eepesenti abathengi banamhlanje bathi batye kwivenkile yokutyela kule nyanga iphelileyo kwaye ama-57% bathi bazimisele ukwenza njalo kwakhona kungekudala.
• Amashumi amahlanu anesine eepesenti abantu abatyayo bathi baqaphela amaxabiso eemenyu aphezulu (ngaphezulu kwepesenti ye-10 yamanqaku kwizidlo eziphononongwe kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo) kwaye babonakala bengazi kangako ngeemenyu ezinyiniweyo, ukunqongophala kwabasebenzi kunye namanyathelo okhuseleko aqhubekayo.
