Real personal consumer spending grew at a robust 4.4 rate, as spending on consumer durables soared by 21 .

So, in the context of consumer behavior

With housing being such a critical driver of consumer behavior, any further substantial fall in home prices will sap confidence and lower spending.

That would create employment and increase consumer spending.

The past relationship between wealth and consumer spending implies that each 100 of additional wealth raises consumer spending by about four dollars, so 2.5 trillion of additional wealth would raise consumer spending by roughly 100 billion.

Higher domestic consumer spending would otherwise create inflationary pressures.

Unfortunately, the projected recovery in consumer spending didn t occur.

Raising rates could alleviate those fears, increasing consumer confidence and spending.

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Not surprisingly, survey measures of consumer sentiment fell sharply and consumer spending remained almost flat from month to month.

Recent data on consumer spending in the United States have been terrible.

Consumer spending is particularly robust, as wages show signs of upward movement.

To raise consumer spending, the Chinese government must reverse both of these trends.

If that decline continues, it will inevitably reduce the pace of consumer spending.

Another way to approach it is to attempt to grasp changing consumer behavior analytically.

This steady flow of debt relief is allowing US consumer spending to recover slowly.

Lower share prices will now have negative effects on consumer spending and business investment.

It's hard to change consumer behavior because consumers don't know how much this stuff costs.

Nothing in consumer behavior could ever make sense without an understanding of our evolutionary heritage.

In 2008, Africa s combined economic output reached 1.6 trillion, and consumer spending totaled 860 billion.

A major obstacle to higher consumer spending is the current condition of the housing market.

The key driver of the increase in final sales was a strong rise in consumer spending.

The rise in consumer spending was not, however, due to higher employment or faster income growth.

The resulting rise in equity prices would increase household wealth, providing a boost to consumer spending.

That figure matches closely the fall in household saving and the resulting increase in consumer spending.

But these are impeding the consumer spending needed to boost economic activity and kick start growth.

Fearing for the future, households have hoarded incremental income, rather than spending it on consumer goods.

But the resulting economic slack gives us the historic opportunity and need to compensate for low consumer spending with increased investment spending on sustainable technologies.

Recent reports of declining consumer confidence reinforce the likelihood that spending will slow in the months ahead.

Baby boomers control over 80 of personal financial assets and more than half of all consumer spending.

It's hard to change consumer behavior because consumers don't know how much this stuff costs. Do you know?

Combine this with the continued fall in housing prices, and it is understandable that consumer spending remains depressed.

Making room for increased consumer spending requires reducing the level of exports by allowing the currency to appreciate.

Many countries have relied for growth on US consumer spending and investments in outsourcing to supply those consumers.

Now, this pattern is seen in consumer models of retail spending, i.e. where we choose to go shopping.

John Gerzema says there's an upside to the recent financial crisis the opportunity for positive change. Speaking at TEDxKC, he identifies four major cultural shifts driving new consumer behavior and shows how businesses are evolving to connect with thoughtful spending.

Meanwhile, cuts in social and welfare spending are only making things worse, as employment and consumer demand fall further.

Increased emphasis on household lending should also create a better balance in the economy between capital spending and consumer spending than was possible during the expansion of 2002 2004.

The US Congress and the Bush administration enacted a 100 billion tax rebate in an attempt to stimulate consumer spending.

The magnitude of the relationship between the stock market rise and the jump in consumer spending also fits the data.

But the behavior of consumer prices in the post 1980 crises is fundamentally different from that seen in the 1930 s.

Marieke de Mooij has studied the application of Hofstede's findings in the field of global branding, advertising strategy and consumer behavior.

The rapid rise in saving has reduced consumer spending, slowing the pace of GDP growth in 2009 and in early 2010.

Warnings about irrational market exuberance were largely ignored, especially as US consumer spending helped fuel strong growth across the global economy.

In addition to tighter credit, falling home prices and high unemployment will continue to put a crimp on US consumer spending.