This action also brought a slump in Hong Kong's economy, with falling property prices and stagnant consumption, and unemployment rose to over 3 % while inflation stayed at the high level of 9 % for several years running. Ordinary people felt the pinch, and economic growth dropped below 5 %, to take last place among the four "little tiger" economies.
影響所及，香港景氣也陷入低潮，房價下跌、消費不振，失業率超過百分之三，通貨膨脹連續幾年停留在百分之九的高水準，小市民叫苦連天，經濟成長率更滑落到百分之五以下，屈居四小龍之末。