Local residents are more confident in the local economy, the latest Macau Consumer Confidence Index shows.

The overall Macau Consumer Confidence Index for the last quarter of 2011 improved 5.2 percent quartertoquarter to 86.9 points.

The sub-index for economic confidence remained the highest among the six sub-sets of indicators, reaching 113.5 points, up by 7.6 percent over the third quarter of 2011.