Ezinsukwini ngemuva kokuthutheleka ezitolo ngo-Black Friday, abathengi baseMelika bavula i-inthanethi ku-Cyber Monday ukuze bathole izaphulelo ezengeziwe ezipholweni nezinye izinto ezikhuphuke ngamanani ngenxa yokwehla kwamandla emali, kubika i-Associated Press (AP) ngoMsombuluko.
Yize ezinye izibalo zikhombise ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwamakhasimende ku-Cyber Monday kungenzeka kube nerekhodi elisha eliphezulu kulo nyaka, lezo zinombolo azilungiselelwanga ukwenyuka kwamanani emali, futhi lapho ukwehla kwamandla emali kubalwa phakathi, abahlaziyi bathi inani lezinto ezithengwa ngabathengi lingahlala lingashintshile - noma lize lehle - uma kuqhathaniswa neminyaka edlule, ngokwemibiko yabezindaba.
Ngokwezinga elithile, okwenzeka ku-Cyber Monday kumane kuyingcosana yezinselelo ezibhekene nomnotho wase-US njengoba ukwehla kwamandla emali kufinyelela eminyakeni engama-40 ephezulu.Ukwehla kwamandla emali okunenkani kunciphisa isidingo.
"Siyabona ukuthi ukwehla kwamandla emali sekuqala ukushaya isikhwama semali nokuthi abathengi sebeqala ukuqongelela izikweletu eziningi ngalesi sikhathi," u-Guru Hariharan, umsunguli kanye no-CEO we-retail e-commerce management firm CommerceIQ, ucashunwe yi-AP ethi. .
Umuzwa wabathengi baseMelika wehle ngezinyanga ezine ngoNovemba phakathi nokukhathazeka ngokukhuphuka kwezindleko zokuphila.I-US Index of Consumer Sentiment isezingeni lamanje lama-56.8 kule nyanga, yehle isuka ku-59.9 ngo-Okthoba yehle isuka ku-67.4 ngonyaka owodwa odlule, ngokusho kwe-US Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS) enikezwe yiNyuvesi yaseMichigan.
Idonswa phansi ukungaqiniseki nokukhathazeka ngokulindelwe kokwehla kwamandla emali esikhathini esizayo kanye nemakethe yezabasebenzi, kungase kuthathe isikhathi ukuze ukuzethemba kwabathengi base-US kubuyele esimweni.Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuntengantenga kwezimakethe zezimali zase-US kushaye abathengi abahola kakhulu, abangasebenzisa imali encane esikhathini esizayo.
Uma sibheka phambili onyakeni ozayo, umbono wokwehla kwamanani entengo yezindlu kanye nemakethe yezabelo engase ibe buthaka ingase iholele umndeni ovamile ukuthi unciphise ukusetshenziswa kwemali kule nqubo, ngokombiko okhishwe yi-Bank of America (BofA) ngoMsombuluko.
Ukwehla kwamandla emali okunenkani kanye nobuthakathaka bokusetshenziswa kwemali kwabathengi ngokwengxenye kuwumphumela wenqubomgomo yezimali exegayo ye-US Federal Reserve esikhathini sangemva kobhubhane, kanye namaphakheji kahulumeni wokusiza nge-coronavirus afake umnotho omningi kakhulu.Ukushoda kwesabelomali sombuso waseMelika kukhuphuke kwafinyelela ku- $ 3.1 trillion ngonyaka wezimali ka-2020, ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba, njengoba ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lubhebhethekisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali okukhulu kukahulumeni.
Ngaphandle kokunwetshwa kokukhiqiza, kunemali eyeqile ohlelweni lwezezimali lwase-US, okuchaza ngokwengxenye ukuthi kungani ezinyangeni ezedlule ukwehla kwamandla emali kufinyelele izinga eliphezulu kakhulu eminyakeni engama-40.Ukwenyuka kwamandla emali kucekela phansi izindinganiso zokuphila zabathengi baseMelika, okuholela amakhaya amaningi aneholo eliphansi neliphakathi ukuthi ashintshe indlela yokusebenzisa imali.Kunezimpawu eziyisixwayiso njengoba ukusetshenziswa kwemali kweMelika ezimpahleni, eholwa ukudla neziphuzo, uphethiloli nezimoto, kwehle ikota yesithathu ilandelana, ngokombiko wesizindalwazi seWorld Economic Forum ngeledlule.Inguqulo yesiShayina yeVoice of America embikweni wangoLwesibili ithe abathengi abaningi babuyela ezitolo benesifiso sokubheka amehlo kodwa bengenayo inhloso ecacile yokuthenga.
Namuhla, umkhuba wokusebenzisa imali wemizi yase-US uhlobene nokuchuma komnotho wase-US, kanye nesimo sase-US kwezohwebo emhlabeni jikelele.Ukusetshenziswa kwezindleko zabathengi kuwumfutho owodwa obaluleke kakhulu emnothweni wase-US.Kodwa-ke, manje ukwehla kwamandla emali okuphezulu kuqeda isabelomali sasekhaya, okwandisa amathuba okuwohloka komnotho.
I-US ingumnotho omkhulu emhlabeni futhi iyimakethe yabathengi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni.Abathekelisi abavela emazweni asathuthuka kanye nasemhlabeni jikelele bangabelana ngezinzuzo ezilethwa imakethe yabathengi yase-US, eyenza isisekelo sethonya elikhulu lezomnotho lase-US emnothweni womhlaba.
Nokho, manje izinto zibonakala zishintsha.Kungenzeka ukuthi ubuthakathaka ekusetshenzisweni kwemali kwabathengi buzoqhubeka, kube nemiphumela ehlala njalo ebukela phansi umthelela wezomnotho wase-US.
The author is a reporter with the Global Times. bizopinion@globaltimes.com.cn
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-25-2022