On Dec. 27, the National Central University announced that the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) for December 2016 stood at 77.22 points, the lowest it has been since October 2013, falling 0.49 percent since the previous month.
Confidence in the outlook of stock investments and domestic economic outlook were the only two of the six sub-indices to increase, with four sub-indices falling, including price levels for goods, household income, durable goods and the labor market.
In terms of absolute levels, the only one of the six sub-indices to indicate optimism was that for confidence in the labor market, with consumers turning pessimistic in the remaining five sub-indices.
Photo: CNA
照片:中央社
The December 2016 CCI survey was conducted between Dec. 19 and 21, 2016, with a sample group of 2,415 respondents above 20 years old in Taiwan, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.0 percent at a 95 percent level of confidence.
(Translated by Paul Cooper)
中央大學十二月二十七日公布二○一六年十二月消費者信心指數為七十七。二二點,創二○一三年十月以來新低,較上月減零。四九點。
六項分項指標中,僅投資股票時機以及國內經濟景氣兩項上升,至於下降的指標有四項,包含物價水準、家庭經濟狀況、耐久性財貨時機及就業機會。
從絕對水準來看,六項指標中只有就業機會呈現偏向樂觀,其餘五項則偏向悲觀。
二○一六年十二月消費者信心指數調查期間二○一六年十二月十九日至二十一日,共訪問兩千四百一十五位台灣二十歲以上民眾,在百分之九十五的信心水準下誤差範圍為正負兩。零個百分點。
(中央社)
A: Wow, three Taiwanese restaurants just won the 2024 “Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants” awards. B: Awesome! Which three restaurants? A: Taipei’s Logy at No. 22 and MUME at No. 34, and Taichung’s JL Studio at No. 33. B: Actually, there are many more great establishments in Taipei. How about other Asian cities? A: Singapore claimed nine spots this year, making it Asia’s new “food capital.” A: 2024「亞洲50最佳餐廳」名單揭曉了,台灣有3家餐廳上榜。 B: 好厲害,哪3家? A: 台北的Logy和MUME分獲第22和34名,台中的JL Studio獲第33名! B: 其實台北還有很多好餐廳,那其他的亞洲城市呢? A: 新加坡今年入選9家,可說是亞洲美食之都。 (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
Let’s explore another delicacy primarily known to Tainan locals: floating milkfish in thick soup. Despite its peculiar name, this dish is another Tainan specialty that showcases the popularity of milkfish, which is made into fish paste and served in thick soup. Unlike the version with tutuo fish, which also adds other ingredients to its thick soup, the floating milkfish version primarily features the “floating fish” itself in its thick soup, ensuring that the fish paste remains the star of the dish. 讓我們來探索另一道台南人熟悉的美食:浮水魚羹。這道菜名奇特的美食,再再展現了台南虱目魚料理的多樣。浮水魚羹是用虱目魚漿做成的羹品,雖然和𩵚魠魚羹一樣是羹湯,但不像𩵚魠魚羹會在湯中加入其他食材,而是讓虱目魚漿成為這道料理的主角。 peculiar (adj.) 獨特的;古怪的 The belly of a milkfish is considered the most
The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in Alabama this year, when the state supreme court ruled that such embryos should be considered children, exposing clinics to wrongful death claims in the event they are destroyed in the thawing process. In 2021, more than 80 percent of US IVF procedures involved the transfer of frozen embryos, according to a recent report by the US Department of Health and Human Services. HOW IS EMBRYO FREEZING USED IN IVF? IVF uses high doses of hormones to stimulate ovaries to produce as many eggs as possible. Once
A situation puzzle is a game in which one person describes a scenario and asks the players to explain it. The situation is deliberately lacking in details, but the players may acquire more information by asking questions — however, these can only be answered with “yes” or “no.” A player wins by describing the approximate events that led up to the situation. To do so, they must use a blend of logical and lateral thinking. A famous example of this is sometimes known as “Turtle Soup.” Here’s the riddle: “A man in a restaurant orders turtle soup, tastes it